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====Date: [[:Category:1948|1948]]====


====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]====


====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Radio|Radio]]====
 
 
 
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
 
 
 
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'''Artist:''' Antonin Artaud
'''Artist:''' Antonin Artaud


'''Confronting Bodies:''' Wladimir Porche, director of "Radiodiffusion Francaise"
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Wladimir Porche, director of "Radiodiffusion Francaise"


'''Dates of Action:''' February 1948
'''Dates of Action:''' February 1948


'''Location:''' France
'''Location:''' France


'''Description of Artwork:''' Artaud's radio-production, "Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu," consisted of four parts to be read over the radio to introduce a program called "Voices of the Poets."  One part attacked American ambitions in the Marshall Plan, another evoked pagan gods from a Mexican cult to which Artaud belonged, another referred to feces and the last to the "anatomy of flatulance."


'''The Incident:''' French press alerted the director of "Radiodiffusion Francaise", Wladimir Porche, of the controversial contents of Artaud's work.  Porche allowed a private listening of the piece before it aired.  Those who attended, including a Dominican priest, approved the segment; however, Porche did not permit the piece to air.


'''Description of Artwork:''' Artaud's radio-production, "Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu," consisted of four parts to be read over the radio to introduce a program called "Voices of the Poets."  One part attacked American ambitions in the Marshall Plan, another evoked pagan gods from a Mexican cult to which Artaud belonged, another referred to feces and the last to the "anatomy of flatulance." <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Artaud's piece was published in print and a public audition was held in February 1948.  Artaud died of cancer one month later.
 
 
 
'''The Incident:''' French press alerted the director of "Radiodiffusion Francaise", Wladimir Porche, of the controversial contents of Artaud's work.  Porche allowed a private listening of the piece before it aired.  Those who attended, including a Dominican priest, approved the segement; however, Porche did not permit the piece to air. <P>
 
 
 
'''Results of Incident:''' Artaud's piece was published in print and a public audition was held in February 1948.  Artaud died of cancer one month later. <P>
 
 


'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones
'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones


 
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Latest revision as of 15:58, 29 July 2011

Date: 1948

Region: Europe

Subject: Explicit Sexuality

Medium: Radio


Artist: Antonin Artaud

Confronting Bodies: Wladimir Porche, director of "Radiodiffusion Francaise"

Dates of Action: February 1948

Location: France

Description of Artwork: Artaud's radio-production, "Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu," consisted of four parts to be read over the radio to introduce a program called "Voices of the Poets." One part attacked American ambitions in the Marshall Plan, another evoked pagan gods from a Mexican cult to which Artaud belonged, another referred to feces and the last to the "anatomy of flatulance."

The Incident: French press alerted the director of "Radiodiffusion Francaise", Wladimir Porche, of the controversial contents of Artaud's work. Porche allowed a private listening of the piece before it aired. Those who attended, including a Dominican priest, approved the segment; however, Porche did not permit the piece to air.

Results of Incident: Artaud's piece was published in print and a public audition was held in February 1948. Artaud died of cancer one month later.

Source: Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones