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Art Censorship: The Bigger Picture
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Julian Burnside Fights Against Moral Censorship
06 min 27 secBarrister Julian Burnside argues that Bill Henson is the victim of moral protectionism.
Moral censorship is the "battleground of human ideas" and Burnside believes society must face the truths it would rather censor.
Drawing from the censorship of art made with freeze-dried human fetuses and the works of Caravaggio and Botticelli, Burnside believes society must allow an open forum for all inconvenient truths. -
Clive Hamilton: Pornographic Art or Perversion?
05 min 37 secWriter Clive Hamilton questions whether Bill Henson's art pushes the envelope or breaks its seal by exploiting the remaining three Western taboos: incest, bestiality, and pedophilia.
Hamilton criticizes high-brow artists who believe moral sensibility is always rooted in "aesthetic ignorance" and stands up for his belief that "perversion is not subversion." -
Bill Henson: Artistic Freedom vs. Children's Rights
04 min 37 secThe panel debates why Bill Henson and not "John Smith" should be able to photograph children nude.
Henson's work is considered the lightning rod of this issue, raising questions about the assessment of potential harm to the subjects and the right of young subjects to consent to being photographed. -
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