i heard of it from the cbc, secret service taking down all the names
of international gathering on exis of evol - but with cdn politics in upheaval
dementia as state practise isn't even out of the question in a future cda
artist to artist, good intelligent people always despise this type of state
behaviour
wherever it occurs, the more i see this the clear it becomes. john
--- Clemente Padin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Friends:
> Again the threat of the censorship and the jail
> for the artists that
> they don't agree with the official culture and they have the courage of
> expressing it. According
> these informations would be been about to stating explicitly another abuse
> against the
> competitors to the one which the curators call, the "Axis of Evil", although
> in this case, they
> only denounce the sexual abuse of Fathers of the Catholic Roman Church to the
> children, the
> murderous politics of Bush in Iraq, including the tortures to political
> prisoners in Abu Ghraid
> and Guant�namo.
>
> Until the moment there is not other news that had
> been advanced in
> the repression of the liberty of expression but, like Michael Hernandez of
> Luna says, this could
> be the commencement of an increase in the subjection of the human laws with
> the military command
> of State�s terrorism.
>
> Fraternally,
>
> PD.- Information gotten thanks to Jack Lattermann
>
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> Amigas/amigos:
> Nuevamente la amenaza de la censura y la c�rcel
> para los artistas que
> no est�n de acuerdo con la cultura oficial y tienen el valor de expresarlo.
> De acuerdo a estas
> informaciones se estar�a a punto de concretar otro abuso contra los
> opositores a lo que los
> organizadores llaman, el "Eje del Mal", aunque en este caso, s�lo denuncien
> el abuso sexual de
> los Padres de la Iglesia Cat�lica Romana a los ni�os, la politica asesina de
> Bush en Irak,
> incluyendo las torturas a presos pol�ticos en Abu Ghraid y Guant�namo.
>
> Hasta el momento no hay otras noticias que se haya
> avanzado en la
> represi�n de la libertad de expresi�n pero, como bien dice Michael Hernandez
> de Luna, esto puede
> ser el comienzo de una escalada en el sometimiento de los derechos humanos
> bajo la �gida del
> terrorismo de Estado.
>
> Fraternalmente,
>
> PD.- Informaci�n obtenida gracias a Jack Lattermann
>
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>
> Tuesday, April 12, 2005
>
> Art exhibit featuring Bush stamp probed
>
> By TARA BURGHART
> ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>
>
> An artwork containing mock 37-cent stamps showing President Bush with a
> revolver pointed at
> his head is part of an exhibit at Columbia College's Glass Curtain Gallery
> titled "Axis of Evil,
> the Secret History of Sin" Tuesday, April, 12, 2005 in Chicago. The exhibit
> captured the
> attention of the Secret Service who sent agents to inspect the works last
> week according to
> gallery officials. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
>
> CHICAGO -- The Secret Service sent agents to investigate a college art
> gallery exhibit of mock
> postage stamps, one depicting President Bush with a gun pointed at his head.
>
> The exhibit, called "Axis of Evil: The Secret History of Sin," opened last
> week at Columbia
> College in Chicago. It features stamps designed by 47 artists addressing
> issues such as the
> Roman Catholic sex abuse scandal, racism and the war in Iraq.
>
> None of the artists is tied to the college.
>
> Secret Service spokesman Tom Mazur would not say Tuesday whether the inquiry
> had been completed
> or whom the Secret Service had interviewed, but he said no artwork had been
> confiscated.
>
> The investigation began after authorities received a call from a Chicago
> resident.
>
> "We need to ensure, as best we can, that this is nothing more than artwork
> with a political
> statement," Mazur said.
>
> Two federal agents arrived at the exhibit's opening night Thursday, took
> photos of some of the
> works and asked for the artists' contact information, said CarolAnn Brown,
> the gallery's
> director.
>
> Brown said the agents were most interested in Chicago artist Al Brandtner's
> work titled "Patriot
> Act," which depicted a sheet of mock 37-cent red, white and blue stamps
> showing a revolver
> pointed at Bush's head.
>
> Brandtner did not return a call to his design studio Tuesday.
>
> The exhibit's curator, Michael Hernandez de Luna, said the inquiry
> "frightens" him.
>
> "It starts questioning all rights, not only my rights or the artists' rights
> in this room, but
> questioning the rights of any artist who creates - any writer, any visual
> artist, any
> performance artist. It seems like we're being watched," he said.
>
> Last spring, Secret Service agents in Washington state questioned a high
> school student about
> anti-war drawings he did for an art class, one of which depicted Bush's head
> on a stick.
> -------------------------
> Martes, 12 de abril de 2005
>
> Exhibici�n de Arte parece que us� la imagen de Bush
>
> Por TARA BURGHART
> Escritora de ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>
> Un obra de arte conteniendo artistamps (sellos ap�crifos de Arte Correo) de
> 37 centavos con la
> imagen del presidente Bush con un rev�lver apuntando a su cabeza es parte de
> una exhibici�n en
> la Columbia College's Glass Curtain Gallery, llamada "Eje del Mal, la
> Historia Confidencial del
> Pecado" abierta el martes 12 de abril, 2005, en Chicago. La exhibici�n llam�
> la atenci�n del
> Servicio Secreto quien envi� a sus agentes a inspeccionar las obras la semana
> pasada, seg�n
> fuentes de la galer�a.
>
> CHICAGO--El Servicio Secreto envi� a agentes a que investigaran una galer�a
> de arte de la
> universidad que exhibe una estampilla ficticia, en la que se muestra al
> presidente Bush con un
> arma apuntando a su cabeza.
>
> La exhibici�n, llamada "Eje del Mal: La Secreta Historia del Pecado", abri�
> la semana pasada en
> la Columbia College de Chicago. Los "sellos" dise�ados por 47 artistas
> comentan aspectos como el
> esc�ndalo de abuso sexual infantil de los Padres de la Iglesia
> Apost�lica-Romana, el racismo y
> la guerra en Irak.
>
> Ninguno de los artistas est� relacionado con la Universidad.
>
> Un portavoz del Servicio Secreto, Tom Mazur, no dijo si se hab�a completado
> la investigaci�n el
> martes o con quien se hab�a entrevistado el Servicio Secreto, pero afirm� que
> no se ha
> confiscado ninguna obra.
>
> La investigaci�n comenz� luego que las autoridades recibieron una llamada de
> un residente de
> Chicago.
>
> "Necesitamos asegurarnos, como mejor se pueda, que �sto no es m�s que una
> obra con una
> declaraci�n pol�tica", asever� Mazur.
>
> CarolAnn Brown, directora de la galer�a, dijo que dos agentes federales
> llegaron a la
> inauguraci�n de la exposici�n el jueves de noche, tomaron fotograf�as de
> algunas de las obras y
> solicitaron informaci�n sobre los artistas. Brown dijo que los agentes se
> interesaron en el
> trabajo del artistacorreo de Chicago Al Brandtner, titulado "Patriot Act"
> ("Patriota Act�a") que
> dibuj�, en una hoja de sellos ficticios de 37 centavos, a Bush con u
> rev�lver apuntando a su
> cabeza, en colores rojo, blanco y azul.
>
> Brandtner no le devolvi� una llamada a su estudio de dise�o, el martes.
>
> El curador del exhibici�n, Michael Hernandez de Luna, dijo que la
> investigaci�n le "asusta".
>
> "Se comienza cuestionando los derechos, no s�lo mis derechos o los derechos
> de los artistas en
> esta exposici�n, sino de los derechos de cualquier artista que crea
> -cualquier escritor,
> cualquier artista visual, cualquier "performer". Parece que es as� c�mo
> estamos siendo
> controlados", dijo.
>
> La primavera pasada, agentes del Servicio Secreto en Washington declaran
> haber preguntado a un
> estudiante de la escuela secundaria acerca de los dibujos antib�licos que
> hizo en la clase de
> arte, en uno de los cuales pint� a Bush con su cabeza en un palo.
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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