Curse

artay · Oct 05, 2008, 01:43 PM // 13:43

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Originally Posted by DreamRunner

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...31-953,00.html

http://www.theage.com.au/national/he...tm.html?page=1

Bill Henson speaks about his art. I was watching the news on *shudder* channel 10 and find it amusing that the media loves a person who they can make look like a pedophile.

Sunrise is worse, I hate that balding mans opinion, and Kochies pretty annoying too.

Whatever happenned to monotone neutral news? Gogo SBS News.

DreamRunner · Oct 05, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by artay

Sunrise is worse, I hate that balding mans opinion, and Kochies pretty annoying too.

Whatever happenned to monotone neutral news? Gogo SBS News.

Yeah, above all else, SBS is the clear cut best station to deliver the news. 7,9 and 10 are the commercial stations that are just shit and ABC is so labour bias is more noticeable on the 7:30 report.

Master Fuhon · Oct 07, 2008, 01:07 AM // 01:07

I don't know Bill Henson or men like him well enough to judge whether they defend their profession or pedophilia. After seeing an interview he gave, I don't think he sexualizes his art, but I find that he does something similar by objectifying people as 'subjects' (You could say I am somewhat biased against photographers who capture unwilling people in moments and call it art, although I admit these images can be very powerful). But in any case, it's most likely that we blame one person to deny recognition of how widespread the problem is.

There are probably thousands of pedophiles who enjoy looking at the children, and thousands more of the adults who exploit the sexuality of their children for money. Most 12 years olds don't know what they are fully consenting to; and in most cases an artist would be profitting off their innocence. They probably make a prefered art subject because of this innocence.

I would reject his art out of disgust for what the thousands are doing to the child, not the composition of the art itself. I address the part of the population that holds the viewer responsible for sexualizing the children. And yes, it is correct to state that it is the media that sexualizes everything and the media that tries to tell us what to think about the issues. I think the Senator in the article is foolish to consider this a betrayal of 'parent' trust.

This doesn't have to be an issue about nudity; humans are naked at birth, and we wear clothes for aesthetic reasons, to protect us from the cold, and to ease those who are self-conciousness (aside from protecting us from witnessing other's poor hygiene). But I don't think Bill Henson really makes that case, if you still find him worth defending 4 months later.

fenix · Oct 07, 2008, 03:47 AM // 03:47

The way I see it is like this;

It's okay to have pictures of naked adults.
It's okay to have pictures of naked babies.
It's okay to have pictures of naked children.

Suddenly it's not okay to have naked pictures of that middle point? Get the hell out everyone. It's art. If it was a 20 year old woman, no one would care. If she was 80, no one would care. Hell, if she was 3, no one would care.

Dumb.