ACT ART 8 – CENSORED

100 ARTISTS, 1 VENUE. 1 NIGHT.

9 Areas. 10 Live Spaces. Seated Cinema. Cafe. Smoking Garden.
Performance. Live Art. Music PA`s. Film. Video. Installation. Photography. Painting. Other Media. DJ`s. Performances all night from 8pm.
“ACT ART 8 – CENSORED” on Friday 9th July 2010.
The Islington Metal Works, Angel, Islington, London
Tickets for this event will be available shortly.

About my work in this event:

“Mr. President let me challenge you to face his 1-2”
(A suggestion of nightmare for G. W. Bush)
A neo-fluxus art interference
9.1.2007 – 15.1.2007
Transformed and re-edited anonymous mobil phone records of Saddam Hussein’s execution

“Akçura is an artist who doesn’t keep his views to himself. The execution of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s affected him deeply and he aroused a bit of international interest when he changed the face of the overthrown Iraqi leader lying in the morgue with that of U.S. President George W. Bush. He posted the video on Youtube. Two experimental videos titled “Mr. President let me challenge you to face his,” which show Bush in a provocative way during the execution process of Saddam made it to the most watched videos section of the “Arts and Animations” category rapidly in January. But not for long. The videos were taken off the Web site with claims that the video embraced violence. Akçura said: “It was said that my video included violence. It was virtual, yet the real execution images were displayed to billions of people on TVs everyday hundreds of times.” The artist says that he sent the video to the White House as part of his virtual campaign for justice.

After Youtube blocked his work, the artist posted the video on Google Video. He mentions that they also blocked it after a short period and his reaction is “My search for justice got stuck in virtual censor.”

Turkish Daily News
VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU
ISTANBUL
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Mr. President let me challenge you to face his 1-2 from hakan akcura on Vimeo.

ACT ART 8 – CENSORED

ARTISTS (confirmed so far include):

AINE PHILLIPS & MANUEL VASON
ALESSANDRO VITALI
ALEX FEAR
ALLAN STANLEY TAYLOR
ANDREA CONTIN
ANGEL ROSE
ANITA PONTON
ANNO BERGMANN
ART BITES
ASHLEY RYDER
BEN CHARLES EDWARDS
BEN HOPPER
BERIVAN SAYICI & PAUL FLORIAN
BERNADETTE LOUISE
CATHERINE MAFFIOLETTI
CHRISALYS
CHRISTIAN SIMMONS
CHRISTINA MILLARE
DÆDALUS
FERAL
FERNANDO MERINERO
FRANCESCO BENENATO
GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN
HAKAN AKÇURA
HOLESTAR
HOLLY REVELL
ILKA LEUKEFELD
INBRED HYBRID COLLECTIVE
JAMES FRENCH
JAMES LEON
JASON ATOMIC
JONNY WOO
JOSEPH MERCIER
JULIA UBERREITER
JUSTIN ALLEN & RACHEL PARRY
KAT HANULA
KATE PELLING
KEVIN BRIAN HOWBROOK
KIMBAL BUMSTEAD
KRIS WLODARSKI
LADYWINTERBUM
LARS SILTBERG
LES CHILD
LINK LEISURE
MACIEJ TOPOROWICZ
MAGDALENA SURANYI
MARIANNA & DANIEL O’REILLY
MARTIN THE ROBOT
MAXIME ANGEL
MOUSE & TOM THE BEAR
MR PUSTRA/DAEMIANE
NADIA DE CARLO
NATASHA CARUANA
NATHAN EVANS
NICOLA CANAVAN
NICOLA RUBEN MONTINI
OLIVER FROST & MARC MASSIVE
PANICLAB
PAULA DAVY
PETE MAY
RICHARD DEDOMENICI
S.ASTRID BIN
SASHA SELAVIE
SONOFABITCH
SUSAN MORTIMER
THE READERS
THOMAS FISHENDEN
THOMAS JOHN BACON
TOM WALKER
TRADEMARK
VES PITTS & JOE JEFFREYS

MAIN STAGE hosted by SCOTTEE

FILM SCREENINGS INCLUDE:

`UNCLE DAVID` starring David Hoyle & Ashley Ryder. Introduced on the night by Ashley Ryder.
`THE TOWN THAT BOARS ME` starring Jodie Harsh, Kelly Osbourne & Sophie Ellis Bexter

DJ`S:

PRINCESS JULIA & SCOTTEE

This event addresses CENSORSHIP.

Is CENSORSHIP really appropriate?

Do individuals have the right to say whatever they wish even if this offends someone else?

Does CENSORSHIP have the effect of making art more appealing, more glamorous, and more exciting?

Is it controlling and arrogant to suggest the public needs protecting?

Is CENSORSHIP about what’s morally wrong or obscene, or is it subjective?

CENSORSHIP surrounds us, be it freedom of speech, censorship of art and culture, freedom of expression or removal of media that’s deemed to be harmful, insensitive, objectionable, embarrassing or inconvenient to those in power. Thankfully it’s extremely hard (if not impossible) for those in authority to control our personal choices and forms of expression because in order for us to be controlled we must all think the same way, which of course is never really going to happen.

Curated and produced by Oliver Frost and Marc Massive and now in its 8th year, ACT ART is an underground event that takes place twice year, merging art, fashion, pop and club culture. ACT ART programmes experimental, radical, challenging, non-mainstream work that’s sometimes difficult to watch, or be confronted with, by emerging and established artists working in all media. ACT ART offers a space for those who are willing to take risks, have something to say (be it political, confrontational, beautiful, or ugly and where censorship is not an issue, and aims to bring different people together, brake down social groups, steer away from the cliquey art world and its politics, and make art more accessible and fun whilst still remaining thought provoking.