Ruling Out Art: Media Art Meets Law in Ontario's Censor Wars
Vacouver: UBC Press, 2019
ISBN 9780774837088
In Ruling Out Art: Media Art Meets Law in Ontario's Censor Wars by Taryn Sirove, the author explores how censorship informs the production of art. Sirove examines how negotiations between citizens and the state can alter artistic practice and change provincial legislation and regulations. The book is informed by interviews with artists, administrators, lawyers, and policy makers. Sirove considers examples from the censor wars in the 1980s, as well as, cases before and after this period. Ruling Out studies the impact of controlled acts of civil disobedience.
Contents:
List of Illustrations;
Acknowledgments;
Abbreviations;
Introduction;
Historicizing Censorship;
Misunderstandings between Art and Law;
Competing Anti-Censorships and Mixed Legal Outcomes;
Defining Communities with Uncertainty;
Media Artists Mobilize, Mobilizing Media Arts;
Conclusion;
Appendix: Censorship Jurisprudence and Landmark Legal Challenges;
Notes
Bibliography;
Index.
ITEM 2019.029 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Pretty Baby – Louis Malle
The Tin Drum – Volker Schlöndorff
Rameau's Newphew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Yound) by Wilma Schoen – Michael Snow
Presents – Michael Snow
Not a Love Story – Bonnie Sherr Slein
Censored: The Business of Frightened Desires, or the Making of a Pornographer – Vera Frenkel
Snip Snip – Colin Campbell and Rodney Werden
Amerika – Al Razutis
The Far Shore – Joyce Weiland
Art of Worldly Wisdom – Bruce Elder
A Message from Our Sponsor – Al Razutis
See Evil – Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak
Framed Youth – Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project
Citizens Against Censorship – Ian Murray and Trinity Square Video
Henry Kissinger Won the Nobel Peace Prize – Gary Kibbins
Another Man – The Anarchist Community Theatre Collective, Youth Against Monsterz
Steam Clean – Richard Fung
The ADS Epidemic – John Greyson
AIDS Cable Project/Toronto: Living with AIDS – John Greyson and Michael Balser
Survival of the Delirious – Andy Fabo and Michael Balser
True Inversions – Kiss and Tell
Chinese Characters – Richard Fung