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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1992|1992]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality | ====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music]] [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art | ====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music]] , [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' GWAR | '''Artist:''' GWAR | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Athens, GA Police | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Athens, GA Police | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' | '''Dates of Action:''' 1992 | ||
'''Location:''' Athens, | '''Location:''' Athens, Georgia | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' GWAR's skits and props include a phallic-shaped fish that shoots liquid into the audience, and a skit in which mannequins are dismembered and fake blood sprayed at the crowd. | '''Description of Artwork:''' GWAR's skits and props include a phallic-shaped fish that shoots liquid into the audience, and a skit in which mannequins are dismembered and fake blood sprayed at the crowd. | ||
'''The Incident:''' The band performed at the Georgia | '''The Incident:''' The band performed at the Georgia Theater in Athens on May 15, 1992 and was shut down by police. Athens police charged the theater's owner with violating the county's alcoholic beverage code, which forbids facilities form presenting "licentious or obscene" performances when liquor is served. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The Georgia ACLU represented the band and members of the audience and received a settlement of $17,500. | '''Results of Incident:''' The Georgia ACLU represented the band and members of the audience and received a settlement of $17,500. | ||
'''Source:''' ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992 | '''Source:''' ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwar More Information about the band] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1992]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1990s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Georgia]] | ||
[[Category:Athens]] | |||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
[[Category:Performance Art]] | [[Category:Performance Art]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 11 November 2016
Date: 1992
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Music , Performance Art
Artist: GWAR
Confronting Bodies: Athens, GA Police
Dates of Action: 1992
Location: Athens, Georgia
Description of Artwork: GWAR's skits and props include a phallic-shaped fish that shoots liquid into the audience, and a skit in which mannequins are dismembered and fake blood sprayed at the crowd.
The Incident: The band performed at the Georgia Theater in Athens on May 15, 1992 and was shut down by police. Athens police charged the theater's owner with violating the county's alcoholic beverage code, which forbids facilities form presenting "licentious or obscene" performances when liquor is served.
Results of Incident: The Georgia ACLU represented the band and members of the audience and received a settlement of $17,500.
Source: ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992, More Information about the band
