Removed images: Photographer 'deeply disappointed'
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For qns on the arts, censorship...
Works of foreign artists may carry values that clash with our local values...
In the example above, note that while her photos were censored/banned, you can still view it online...tech(internet) also provides a less costly exposure to the artists, esp for poor suffering artists who cannot come up with the money to stage an exhibition....
Note the following excerpts:
1) "Omitting images from my exhibition cannot wipe the realities of today's world from people's minds," she wrote.
---is censorship a kind of denial of reality? much like what the Jap govt is doing to whitewash their atrocities in WWII? This takes on greater gravity if we realise that solutions often require a full confrontation with the truth, no matter how ugly it may be....
2)Art, documentary photography and journalism are meant to create understanding and insight - "even when we disagree with or fear those portrayed"
--censorship impedes understanding and perpetuates bias
3)"In Iran, Europe or Singapore, wherever in the world, I trust that those viewing my work are wise enough to interpret it for themselves, without the need of schoolmasters taking them by the hand, telling them what is wrong and what is right."
-- media literacy and maturity of population as grounds for NO censorship
4)She noted that it is now easier than ever to access information.
The removed photographs were first published in an April issue of Time magazine last year, for a photo essay titled Meet The Women Taking The Battle To ISIS, and can still be viewed on Time's website.
--the futility of censorship, esp in this era of new media
5) MDA said in its statement last week: "Singapore takes a firm stand against extremism and will not allow photographs that undermine public order, national security and/or stability to be displayed."
--creation of public social disorder as grounds for censorship.....compare Charlie Hebdo in Paris last year.
Qns:
1. To what extent should the arts in your society focus on local rather than foreign talent? (Cam. 2015)
2. 'In societies that are technologically advanced, there is no room for the artist.' Do you agree? (TJC Midyr 2016)
For qns on the arts, censorship...
Works of foreign artists may carry values that clash with our local values...
In the example above, note that while her photos were censored/banned, you can still view it online...tech(internet) also provides a less costly exposure to the artists, esp for poor suffering artists who cannot come up with the money to stage an exhibition....
Note the following excerpts:
1) "Omitting images from my exhibition cannot wipe the realities of today's world from people's minds," she wrote.
---is censorship a kind of denial of reality? much like what the Jap govt is doing to whitewash their atrocities in WWII? This takes on greater gravity if we realise that solutions often require a full confrontation with the truth, no matter how ugly it may be....
--censorship impedes understanding and perpetuates bias
3)"In Iran, Europe or Singapore, wherever in the world, I trust that those viewing my work are wise enough to interpret it for themselves, without the need of schoolmasters taking them by the hand, telling them what is wrong and what is right."
-- media literacy and maturity of population as grounds for NO censorship
4)She noted that it is now easier than ever to access information.
The removed photographs were first published in an April issue of Time magazine last year, for a photo essay titled Meet The Women Taking The Battle To ISIS, and can still be viewed on Time's website.
--the futility of censorship, esp in this era of new media
5) MDA said in its statement last week: "Singapore takes a firm stand against extremism and will not allow photographs that undermine public order, national security and/or stability to be displayed."
--creation of public social disorder as grounds for censorship.....compare Charlie Hebdo in Paris last year.
Qns:
1. To what extent should the arts in your society focus on local rather than foreign talent? (Cam. 2015)
2. 'In societies that are technologically advanced, there is no room for the artist.' Do you agree? (TJC Midyr 2016)
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