Is it art or is it a crime? On August 24, 2021, Spencer Elden lawyer up to file his first complaint against the alternative rock band we all know, Nirvana, for their album cover “Nevermind” that was published originally in 1991. Elden is the naked baby who is swimming towards
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One of the most recent moral panics to make it to Tennessee state legislation is the criminalization of drag queens. The now-passed legislation has categorized drag as “male or female impersonators” and bans the art form from places where children may be present. The issue was brought to the public’s
It is not a surprise that hip-hop has been the voice of rebellion and revolution. It is often used by those who feel the attitudes towards them are unfair and unjust. Hip-hop is a medium suited to promote change. Although, many times, those who rebel do it in numerous forms,
In the category concerning displays of artistic hypocrisy, the winner is society’s obsession with ‘sustainability’ muddled with our inability to elicit real action. Some know it as a new trend of minimalist values and a romanticization of how things used to be. Others recognize it for its regenerative practices and
In the year 2000, a man was convicted with pedophilic charges, lost his family and livelihood, and was put on medication for sexual deviancy. These feelings came upon him suddenly after years of blissful and typical marriage. He was yet unable to stem his urges and was forced into prison
Russian authorities recently ordered the destruction of an art collective digitally depicting President Vladimir Putin’s headshot disintegrating over a seed box through nine time-lapsed photos. While it is no secret that Russia strives to stifle protests and publicly conflicting points of views that detest Putin’s presidency, this recent event was
In our age of impressive internet freedom, copyright directive lawmakers have proposed and now passed Article 13 in the EU which this past September, will stifle our ability to share impactful news articles to our peers and iconic images from your favorite movies and shows. Article 13 generally proposes to
What is more important, culture or law? Would you rather stick to the law and be an outsider in your culture or break a law and be accepted among your culture? Everyone has a cultural lens of their own that they use to view the world. A huge issue arises
I recently read an article written by Elizabeth Fortescue for The Art Newspaper on something that happened in New South Wales and, although it is news from 2010, I think it is relevant to the topic of art and crime. Most people believe that child pornography is a crime but
This article, published April 22, 2013 on TheAtlantic.com, was written by Orin Kerr and Lawrence Lessig. Their self described interest in the matter is as follows: “One of us is a Republican former prosecutor, the other a progressive activist. But we are united on this issue, because all of modern