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'''Location:''' National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. | '''Location:''' National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' This four-minute long video commentary on AIDS (cut down from the original thirteen minutes) features a compilation of scenes from Mexico. "These sequences are punctuated, very briefly, with a few other images: a suspended world globe; a cartoonish dancing puppet wearing a sombrero; a disembodied hand dropping coins." (NY Times article) Also included are images of a cockfight, street beggars, weaponized police officers, Day of the Dead paraphernalia, and a man sewing his own lips shut. The most widely offensive part of the video work is a shot in which ants are crawling over a crucifix. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' | '''The Incident:''' Many conservatives protested the inclusion of this piece in the larger exhibit it was a part of, as they were offended by what they considered to be sacrilegious content. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' | '''Results of Incident:''' Although the work was ultimately removed from the exhibit, the Internet allowed for millions more to view the video than would have ever been able to otherwise; "A Fire in My Belly" was posted to YouTube, among other video-hosting sites. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' NY Times, NPR | '''Source:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/arts/design/11ants.html?pagewanted=all NY Times], [http://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131730255/smithsonian-under-fire-for-gay-portraiture-exhibit NPR] | ||
Revision as of 21:20, 23 February 2012
Date: 2010
Region: North America
Subject: Religious
Medium: Film Video
Artist: David Wojnarowicz
Confronting Bodies: Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough
Dates of Action: November/December 2010
Location: National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Description of Artwork: This four-minute long video commentary on AIDS (cut down from the original thirteen minutes) features a compilation of scenes from Mexico. "These sequences are punctuated, very briefly, with a few other images: a suspended world globe; a cartoonish dancing puppet wearing a sombrero; a disembodied hand dropping coins." (NY Times article) Also included are images of a cockfight, street beggars, weaponized police officers, Day of the Dead paraphernalia, and a man sewing his own lips shut. The most widely offensive part of the video work is a shot in which ants are crawling over a crucifix.
The Incident: Many conservatives protested the inclusion of this piece in the larger exhibit it was a part of, as they were offended by what they considered to be sacrilegious content.
Results of Incident: Although the work was ultimately removed from the exhibit, the Internet allowed for millions more to view the video than would have ever been able to otherwise; "A Fire in My Belly" was posted to YouTube, among other video-hosting sites.
