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{{Display censorship incident | {{Display censorship incident | ||
|ongoing= | |ongoing=no | ||
|year=2012, | |year=2012, | ||
|region=North America | |region=North America | ||
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|medium=Public Art, Sculpture | |medium=Public Art, Sculpture | ||
|date_of_action=May 22, 2011 | |date_of_action=May 22, 2011 | ||
|location=University of Wyoming | |location=University of Wyoming | ||
|description_of_content=The sculpture is a 36-foot-wide flat whirlpool twist of coal and charred Wyoming, beetle-killed, lumber, spiraling into the ground. | |description_of_content=The sculpture is a 36-foot-wide flat whirlpool twist of coal and charred Wyoming, beetle-killed, lumber, spiraling into the ground. | ||
|description_of_incident=Tom Buchanan, president of the University of Wyoming, privately ordered that the sculpture, “Carbon Sink,” be dismantled a year ahead of schedule, due to the uproar surrounding the artwork. “Carbon Sink” appeared on the university campus. | |description_of_incident=Tom Buchanan, president of the University of Wyoming, privately ordered that the sculpture, “Carbon Sink,” be dismantled a year ahead of schedule, due to the uproar surrounding the artwork. “Carbon Sink” appeared on the university campus. | ||
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Defending the artwork was Jeff Lockwood, a professor of natural sciences and humanities. Dr. Lockwood was outspoken about his frustration over the university’s handling of “Carbon Sink.” He said that outrage had grown among students and faculty members. | Defending the artwork was Jeff Lockwood, a professor of natural sciences and humanities. Dr. Lockwood was outspoken about his frustration over the university’s handling of “Carbon Sink.” He said that outrage had grown among students and faculty members. | ||
“I’m disappointed that the university caved in to that sort of extortion and that sort of implied threat,” Dr. Lockwood said. “And I’m angry that this sort of behavior on the part of private industry, as well as their effectiveness in lobbying our elected officials, would lead to an act of artistic censorship on a university campus.” | “I’m disappointed that the university caved in to that sort of extortion and that sort of implied threat,” Dr. Lockwood said. “And I’m angry that this sort of behavior on the part of private industry, as well as their effectiveness in lobbying our elected officials, would lead to an act of artistic censorship on a university campus.” | ||
|description_of_result="Carbon Sink" was dismantled. Workers of the University of Wyoming removed the wood and coal, and filled the circle of earth with sod. Most of the wood was sent to the landfill, and the coal was burned for heat in the university's central energy plant. | |description_of_result="Carbon Sink" was dismantled. Workers of the University of Wyoming removed the wood and coal, and filled the circle of earth with sod. Most of the wood was sent to the landfill, and the coal was burned for heat in the university's central energy plant. | ||
|image=COAL-articleLarge.jpg | |image=COAL-articleLarge.jpg | ||
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