Comments on: Now you see it, now you don’t… http://artwranglers.com.au/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont%e2%80%a6/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shazia http://artwranglers.com.au/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Shazia Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:06:30 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=1755#comment-2531 Great and interesting article which I can associate myself completely with. Great and interesting article which I can associate myself completely with.

]]> By: Ms Photoshop 2008 — transit lane http://artwranglers.com.au/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2316 Ms Photoshop 2008 — transit lane Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:25:46 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=1755#comment-2316 [...] post on ArtWranglers is relevant to ongoing discussions of censorship and the photographic [...] [...] post on ArtWranglers is relevant to ongoing discussions of censorship and the photographic [...]

]]> By: dan008 http://artwranglers.com.au/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2309 dan008 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:35:36 +0000 http://artwranglers.com.au/?p=1755#comment-2309 Just how uncomfortable many people have become with the human form is a disturbing trend that can only have negative cultural implications. We seem to be reversing out of the great enlightenment of the 60s and 70s. It seems to be driven by fear. The Henson thing is the thin edge of the wedge. The most worrying thing is the number of people who are saying that this is just another moral panic that will blow over. Wake up people, this is a seismic cultural shift and not one that liberal minded people should brush off. Now while the religious right have a part to play in this shift, it is wrong to say it is just them. Lastly, the only connecting the editing of this ad has to Henson is highlighting the moral shift in the last few years nothing else. The arts issue is much more important that the advertising issue. But unless the Australian arts community get their heads out of their backsides and begin to realise what is happening around them, so that they can engage with it in a meaningful way, there may not be much art left in the next decade or so, and amatuer culture vultures like me will stop defending you and just start saying, "I told you so". It is that bad. It is that serious. Just how uncomfortable many people have become with the human form is a disturbing trend that can only have negative cultural implications. We seem to be reversing out of the great enlightenment of the 60s and 70s. It seems to be driven by fear. The Henson thing is the thin edge of the wedge. The most worrying thing is the number of people who are saying that this is just another moral panic that will blow over. Wake up people, this is a seismic cultural shift and not one that liberal minded people should brush off. Now while the religious right have a part to play in this shift, it is wrong to say it is just them.

Lastly, the only connecting the editing of this ad has to Henson is highlighting the moral shift in the last few years nothing else. The arts issue is much more important that the advertising issue. But unless the Australian arts community get their heads out of their backsides and begin to realise what is happening around them, so that they can engage with it in a meaningful way, there may not be much art left in the next decade or so, and amatuer culture vultures like me will stop defending you and just start saying, “I told you so”. It is that bad. It is that serious.

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