Oliver Frost & Marc Massive present ACT ART 8, 'CENSORED', Friday 9th July 2010, The Islington Metal Works, Angel, London
'ACT ART 8 asks is CENSORSHIP really appropriate? Do individuals have the right to say whatever they wish even if this offends someone else? Does CENSORSHIP have the effect of making art more appealing, more glamorous, and more exciting? Is it controlling and arrogant to suggest the public needs protecting? Have you had your own work CENSORED, or in fact self CENSORED in order to get your work programmed? Is CENSORSHIP about what’s morally wrong or obscene, or is it subjective?
CENSORSHIP surrounds us, be it freedom of speech, censorship of art and culture, freedom of expression or removal of media that’s deemed to be harmful, insensitive, objectionable, embarrassing or inconvenient to those in power. Thankfully it’s extremely hard (if not impossible) for those in authority to control our personal choices and forms of expression because in order for us to be controlled we must all think the same way, which of course is never really going to happen.'
Photography by Art Bites, Performance by Jonny Woo, Installation by Link Leisure, Performance by Hard Ton, Hosted by Scottee.