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Artist: Frank Grimes Confronting Bodies: The UAC and NASA Date of Action: 24/06/1987 Specific Location: Oregon Description of Artwork: Newspaper
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Artist: author: Herman Brusselmans
Publisher: Standaard Books Confronting Bodies: writer Herman Brusselmans from Gent, Belgium wrote a fiction novel about a publisher named Guggenheimer, a man without scrupules and a huge libido; Guggenheimer is a fictious character but the people who are described as having sex with this character are not, such as fashiondesigner Ann Demeulemeester who did not appreciate being described as an ugly woman sucking Guggenheimers fictional penis... Date of Action: November 1999 Specific Location: Belgium/Holland Description of Artwork: writer Herman Brusselmans from Gent, Belgium wrote a fiction novel about a publisher named Guggenheimer, a man without scrupules and a huge libido; Guggenheimer is a fictious character but the people who are described as having sex with this character are not, such as fashiondesigner Ann Demeulemeester who did not appreciate being described as an ugly woman sucking Guggenheimers fictional penis...
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Artist: paul brems Confronting Bodies: eko en en bavo en deputter Date of Action: vandaag Specific Location: fakbar delibere Description of Artwork: binnendoen, pj moet een vat
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Artist: super maman Confronting Bodies: body guard Date of Action: now Specific Location: leuven Description of Artwork: something really important
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Artist: Ava Munts Confronting Bodies: My memories and myself against the hole sistem neoliberalist and his victims. Tiptap dance inside an hospital for mental issues and shouts inside and abort protocol. Date of Action: July of 2008 Specific Location: Barcelona, Spain Description of Artwork: I danced tiptap inside the hospital. Because what's Art? is it the culture, the live? is it more real than real? I was a Catalan artist just testing límits.
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Artist: Ava Munts Confronting Bodies: my little unborn child and myself against the hole sistem neoliberalist and his victims. Date of Action: July of 2008 Specific Location: Barcelona, Spain Description of Artwork: I danced tiptap inside the hospital. Because what's Art? is it the culture, the live? is it more real than real? I was a Catalan artist just testing límits.
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Artist: various Confronting Bodies: Chicago city officials responding to audience complaints Date of Action: June, 2002 Specific Location: Thompson Center, Chicago, IL Description of Artwork: Photographs of the Palestinian experience 1948-1998. The images show violence and despair.
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Artist: G. Tod Slone, founding editor
The American Dissident
www.theamericandissident.org Confronting Bodies: G. Tod Slone vs. Ardis Francoeur, Reference Librarian, Watertown Free Public Library, Massachusetts Date of Action: November 13, 2008 through February 13, 2009 Specific Location: Watertown, MA Description of Artwork: No artwork was presented
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Artist: G. Tod Slone, editor
The American Dissident
www.theamericandissident.org Confronting Bodies: G. Tod Slone vs. Doug Lederman, editor, Insidehighered.com Date of Action: Five different incidents of censorship 2008-2009 Specific Location: Internet Description of Artwork: Artwork was not censored
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Artist: G. Tod Slone, founding editor
The American Dissident
www.theamericandissident.org Confronting Bodies: G. Tod Slone vs. Academy of American Poets Date of Action: July 6, 2007 Specific Location: Internet www.poets.org Description of Artwork: No artwork was presented
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Artist: Helen Purdie Confronting Bodies: Northern General Hospital Directors of Nursing Date of Action: July 2009 Specific Location: Sheffield County, South Yorkshire, UK Description of Artwork: The paintings were part of a joint exhibition with another artist, Jonathan Michaels, called Another Self. Both artists have worked in health care for many years, and the artwork was an attempt to explore their "other selves," aspects about their lives separate from their careers. The paintings were linked to self-portraits of Purdie in her surgical scrubs.
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Artist: Orelsan (real name: Aurelien Contentin) Confronting Bodies: Local politician Ségolène Royal, organizers of the Francofolies music festival in La Rochelle in Western France Date of Action: July 2009 Specific Location: La Rochelle, France Description of Artwork: Orelsan, known as the "French Eminem," raps about political issues like substance abuse and boredom among French provincial teenagers. He released the graphic and explicit song "Sale Pute" (Dirty Slut) in 2007. Orelsan no longer performs this, however, and it is not available on his website.
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Artist: Gerard Mannix Flynn Confronting Bodies: Dunamaise Arts Centre Date of Action: July 10, 2009 Specific Location: Portlaoise, a neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland Description of Artwork: The installation consisted of large panels, displaying a statement by a victim of abuse, containing the phrases (among others) "orally raped" and "anally raped".
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Artist: Alexander Shchednov, also known in Russia's art circles as Shurik Confronting Bodies: Russian law enforcement, officials in Voronehz, Russia Date of Action: June 11, 2009 Specific Location: Voronehz, Russia Description of Artwork: The collage Shchednov attempted to hang depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin's face superimposed over a woman's body in a low-cut evening dress. A slogan over the image read, "Oh I don't know ... a third presidential [term] ... it's too much, on the other hand [three is a charm]."
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Artist: Youssou NDour Confronting Bodies: General public, radio stations Date of Action: 2004 Specific Location: Senegal Description of Artwork: D'Nour's 2004 album "Egypt" explores the performer's Islamic faith. The album contains tracks with names such as Allah and Touba Daru Salaam. Touba is the name of a holy city in Senegal.
oussou NDour, confident that his work would win over listeners if it was given a fair hearing, played songs from the album all around the world, including Europe and the US. It eventually won a Grammy award, his first, and in the wake of this honour, many Senegalese decided to give the album another chance. |