[Nettime-bold] Fwd: sexy flowers and your post on nettime

[Ned Rossiter <Ned.Rossiter@arts.monash.edu.au>]

>Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:31:10 +1100
>From: Lisa Logan <lisa@experimenta.org>
>Subject: sexy flowers and your post on nettime
>To: Ned.Rossiter@arts.monash.edu.au, andrew garton <agarton@toysatellite.org>
>Reply-to: lisa@experimenta.org
>Organization: Experimenta
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>Dear Ned
>The issue of not exhibiting Sexy Flowers is not one of censorship. It is
>illegal for Experimenta to exhibit the work that was sent to us as it is
>x rated pornography. The work sent to us by the artist for the Waste
>exhibition is different from that on the website that we first viewed
>and more extreme. It is not legal to exhibit the work anywhere in
>Australia (refer to Classification (Publications, Films and Computer
>Games) Act 1995, Australia). I am curious to know where it would be
>legal to exhibit this work. I cannot imagine that it would be legal
>anywhere in the USA.
>There are some dramatic emails flying about which are missing the point
>of why the work could not be exhibited.
>I hope you understand how serious it might have been for the
>organisation if we had proceeded, a consideration for other arts
>organisations who also may not be aware of the legal ramifications of
>exhibiting the work, as I was not. The penalties are harsh.
>This is the reason Experimenta was not able to proceed with the
>exhibition. There was no disrespect intended toward the the artist or
>her work, the premise of which I respect.
>I would appreciate it if you would post this rejoinder to your email on
>the nettime list. Thank you, and thanks to Andrew Garton for bringing
>the post to my attention, as it was not forwarded to Experimenta.
>Lisa Logan
>
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