There was a very strange, maybe funny case of censorship in Greece, in 2005, when a greek netartist, Dimitris Fotiou, was arrested because his netproject 'ILLEGAL MACHINES' was considered as a financial crime! My late companion Dimitris Skoufis and me, had to certify as specialists that 'ILLEGAL MACHINES' was an artwork and not a financial crime! You can find some references in rhizome.org
http://rhizome.org/profiles/dimitrisskoufis/
Do not try to communicate with artopos' webmaster, it was Dimitris Skoufis (1953-2007), and currently the web site is simply on line. Thus, I can help you to contact the netartist Dimitris Fotiou if you are interested about the case.
Best
Anna Hatziyiannaki
ANNA HATZIYIANNAKI
Art Historian/New Media Curator
27 Kefallinias str. 11257
Athens, Greece
mob. 6945387483
e-mail:annahatz01@yahoo.gr
--- Στις Παρ., 29/04/11, ο/η Tamiko Thiel <tamiko@alum.mit.edu> έγραψε:
Από: Tamiko Thiel <tamiko@alum.mit.edu>
Θέμα: [Yasmin_discussions] names of censored contemporary living visual artists
Προς: yasmin_discussions@estia.media.uoa.gr
Ημερομηνία: Παρασκευή, 29 Απρίλιος 2011, 16:51
Dear Yasminers,
I am doing an augmented reality artwork on censored artists, to be shown at the Manifest.AR uninvited augmented reality intervention at the Venice Biennial.
As the Venice Biennial is about contemporary visual arts I am focusing on contemporary, living visual artists.
Of course the most recent, widely publicized example is Ai Weiwei, and the list can be incredibly long - I will have to make a small selection of around 10. I am curious to query the Yasmin list for your viewpoint, and will be querying Faces as well (apologies for cross-posting!)
What would be your "top ten"?
take care, Tamiko
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Media Artist
http://www.mission-base.com/tamiko/
Manifest.AR Augmented Reality Artist Group
http://www.manifestar.info/
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