Description
| Product ID: | 9780774837095 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CA |
| Series: | Law and Society |
| Title: | Ruling Out Art |
| Subtitle: | Media Art Meets Law in Ontario’s Censor Wars |
| Authors: | Author: Taryn Sirove |
| Page Count: | 264 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, History of art, Ethical issues and debates, History of art / art & design styles, Ethical issues & debates, Canada |
| Description: | This fascinating account of Ontario’s 1980s’ censor wars shows that when art intersects with law, artists have the power to transform the law, and the law, in turn, can influence the concept of art. In the 1980s, the Ontario Board of Censors began to subject media artists’ work to the same cuts, bans, and warning labels as commercial film. Ruling Out Art reveals what happens when art and law intersect, when artists, arts exhibitors, and their anti-censorship allies enter courts of law as appellants, defendants, or expert witnesses. The administration of culture during Ontario’s censor wars was not a simple top-down exercise. Members of arts communities mounted grassroots protests and engaged the province in court cases that ultimately influenced how the province interpreted freedom of expression, a fundamental and far-reaching legal right. The language of the law in turn shaped the way artists conceived of their own practices. By exploring how art practices and provincial legislation intertwined during Ontario’s censor wars, this innovative book documents an important moment in the history of contemporary art and cultural activism in Canada, one that helped artists secure their constitutional rights under the law. |
| Imprint Name: | University of British Columbia Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of British Columbia Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-11-01 |