View source for Space Dance for Peace IV (sculpture)

{{Display censorship incident
|ongoing=no
|year=1997, 
|region=North America
|artist=Paul Goreniuc
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion
|confronting_bodies=San Jose Department of Planning
|medium=Sculpture
|date_of_action=Fall 1997
|location=San Jose, California
|description_of_content="Space Dance IV represents two spaces, which include one of an atom and one of the earth and its galaxy. Just as the earth orbits the sun, electrons circle the nucleus of an atom. If the balance of the atom in the case of a nuclear reaction is upset, an explosion would occur, in turn upsetting the balance of the earth." [http://mytown.mercurynews.com/archives/sunnyvalesun/20021113/sv-community1.shtml]
|description_of_incident=Goreniuc was served an order of compliance from the San Jose Department of Planning, ordering him to remove the sculpture from his front lawn. The city cited ordinances which prevented the erection of "structures" on residential property (the sculpture is 12 feet tall).
|description_of_result=The artist contacted numerous anti-censorship groups, including NCAC, and fought the charge, the Department of Planning decided that the sculpture was not, in fact, a "structure" and dropped the order.
|image=Spacedance.jpg
|source=http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ncfechap1.htm
}}
See also http://www.ncac.org/censorship_news/20030305~cn067~The_Arts_Under_Attack_-_Sculptor_Fights_City_Hall_and_Wins.cfm