Artists are always aestheticizing stuff, which is interesting for sure but not to be confused with actual resistance, imho. Love the dollar bills though. Also the Holzer. And Trotsky, poor Trotsky.
We should remember that some redaction is defensive, e.g. protecting individual privacy.
If there is a lesson to be learned from censorship today, it is that the left has to let everyone speak freely. The left is becoming very authoritarian, ends justifying means, which is where atrocity begins.
We’re swamped with redactions here now.
exactly.
Artists are always aestheticizing stuff, which is interesting for sure but not to be confused with actual resistance, imho. Love the dollar bills though. Also the Holzer. And Trotsky, poor Trotsky.
We should remember that some redaction is defensive, e.g. protecting individual privacy.
If there is a lesson to be learned from censorship today, it is that the left has to let everyone speak freely. The left is becoming very authoritarian, ends justifying means, which is where atrocity begins.