Skarro

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Date: 2004

Region: Europe

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Video Art


Artist: FAF (für alle fälle--just in case) productora de audiovisuales.

Confronting Bodies: Ayuntamiento, Dirección del festival ESTE04 (City Hall)

Date of Action: 9 - Junio - 2004

Location: Valencia - Spain

Description of Artwork: A documentary video about the problems of "Botellón" (bottle laws)--the laws not allowing alcohol consumption in the streets. The documentary shows illegal beer sellers who are stars of a new sport they have invented.

The Incident: The video was selected by a jury for the final competition, and was being screened in the video room along with the other selections. After 2 days of exibition, a commission of the city government visited the festival and pressured the directors of the festival to pull the piece. All the programs in the videoroom were pulled.

Results of Incident: A lot of people didn´t see the work.

now you can watch the video on youtube: www.youtube.com (the name is skarro)

Source: you can watch the video in youtube: www.youtube.com (the name is skarro)