[sic]
2009
[sic]
2009
This ensemble addresses the censorship applied in Japan on illustrated publications and the legal ambiguities surrounding the notion of obscenity.
Éric Baudelaire explores the bokashi, a Japanese form of censorship which consists in scratching all images "which unnecessarily excite or stimulate sexual desire". These heliogravure prints are enlargements of the scratching on western art magazines. In the video, a bookshop employee receives art books; she scratches certain images, firstly of nudity, then of landscapes and abstract works. Her gesture of self-censorship can be seen as a form of poetry of the absurd, a ritual which transforms into a reflection on the power of images.
| Domain | Nouveaux médias |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Vidéo numérique NTSC (fichier non compressé RAW), 4/3, couleur, son, fichier PDF contenant un texte mural. |
| Duration | 15 min 01 s |
| Acquisition | Achat, 2017 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2017-205 |
On display:
Museum, level 4, Film, video, sound, digital works area
Detailed description
| Artist |
Éric Baudelaire
(1973, États-Unis) |
|---|---|
| Main title | [sic] |
| Creation date | 2009 |
| Domain | Nouveaux médias |
| Description | L'oeuvre [sic] est constituée d'une vidéo et d'un texte mural donnant à voir un aperçu de l'histoire de la censure au japon. |
| Techniques | Vidéo numérique NTSC (fichier non compressé RAW), 4/3, couleur, son, fichier PDF contenant un texte mural. |
| Duration | 15 min 01 s |
| Printing | Ed. 1/5 +1 AP |
| Acquisition | Achat, 2017 |
| Collection area | Nouveaux medias |
| Inventory no. | AM 2017-205 |
