Started by FreakAnimalFinland, December 13, 2009, 09:55:35 PM
QuoteDear Sir or Madam,Please take note of the enclosed press release by lawyer's office Kötz regarding the court date in Ebersberg/Munich on November 24th, 2010."Heroin Kids"will be released by Index Verlag as a photo book and DVD in the near future.Kind regards,Knut Nabold"P R E S S R E L E A S ELawyers Kötz, November 2010Court proceedings regarding "socio-ethically disorientating" artThe "Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien" (BLM; Bavarian Central Office for New Media) has imposed a fine of several thousand Euros on a local artist because he failed to adjust an internet presence considered "socio-ethically disorientating" to the specifications of the BLM. The artist had been threatened with prohibition and stoppage of the presence before.The young artist's photos and video clips are showing young women in the thrall of neglect, violence, sex, drugs, and prostitution. "Heroin Kids," as his project is called, is considered an extract from a wild and free way of life that is lived on the brink of self-destruction and that is devoid of any rules or set values. The performers and their misery are portrayed in an exaggerated manner. The photographer's works surely are not to everyone's liking, and nor are they supposed to be. Recently, the German Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court) stated that art is supposed to be transgressive.But not so in Bavaria: the BLM believes that the internet presence in question is aestheticizing and downplaying heroin addiction because there is no disclaimer suggesting the dangers of drug use. Even though the works are crass in their majority, portraying the models covered in vomit, faeces, and filth, the BLM believes that they could "appeal to minors and motivate them to emulation." This raises the question of how the portrayal of a drug-related decay is supposed to look like in order to discourage minors from emulation.As the young artist didn't instantly comply with the requirements of the BLM – either removal of the website or a function that would make it only accessible at night – he now was imposed with a fine that threatens his livelihood. He has appealed against this decision with the help of his lawyer Dr. Daniel Kötz; the district court of Ebersberg near Munich is going to rule on this case on November 24th, 2010. It is yet unclear whether the district court is going to encourage the censorship endeavours of the Bavarian watchdogs, or if it is going to put them in their place. As of yet, freedom of art is (still) unreservedly guaranteed in art. 5, par. 3, p. 1 of the German constitution. "
QuoteEven though the works are crass in their majority, portraying the models covered in vomit, faeces, and filth, the BLM believes that they could "appeal to minors and motivate them to emulation."
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