From: Freya (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2006 - 09:21:32 PST
I know it's really far from the thread we were
originally on, but I'm interested in this idea of
boycotting artists.
The question I have to ask is, would anybody notice?
:)
Someone told me a story of how some artist friends of
theirs went on a strike for a whole year! Suffice to
say the government didn't collapse! ;)
Heres another question, if there was a total boycott
or ban on Experimental film, would anybody really
notice???!
Apart from my lovely friends on this list of course!
;)
love
Freya
--- saul ostrow <email suppressed> wrote:
> I wish that someone would call a boycott against
> artists from the
> States -- it would show our gov't and our audiences
> that business
> (culture) can not go on as usual when as policy our
> government
> continues to openly engage in, support and is
> complicit in crimes
> against humanity. Yes a boycott against US artist
> (in the broadest
> sense) is a good idea
> Saul
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Yoel Meranda wrote:
>
> > A "cultural boycott" sounds ridiculous to me.
> >
> > Who are you trying to punish? Israeli artists?
> >
> > How would the Americans feel if the world
> boycotted all their art
> > because of their country's policies. So ban all
> American art, with no
> > discrimination, whether it is universal, whether
> it preaches humanism,
> > respect towards the other, or criticizes its
> government?
> >
> > How is this going to help your cause? Punish the
> artists who are
> > usually the ones who fight most against the
> oppression, the
> > xenophobia, the wars?
> >
> > So US artists should be boycotted? Sudanese
> artists should be
> > boycotted? Afghan artists should have been
> boycotted during Taliban?
> > China, who tortures thousands of people, should be
> boycotted? Russia,
> > too? Or do you think Israel is the only country in
> the world who has
> > crimes against humanity?
> >
> > This is ridiculous...
> >
> > How is it that the artists and scientists (of all
> people) choose to
> > boycott artist and scientists (of all people).
> >
> > Multicultural dialogue is the only solution... if
> there is any...
> >
> > Amos Gitai is one of my favorite filmmakers alive,
> his films are very
> > critical of the Israeli government's policies and
> he tries to
> > understand the narrative of both sides, especially
> the Palestinians.
> > But according to some, the world should hear no
> more of what he has to
> > say...
> >
> > Arbitary "borders" should have no influence on who
> we choose to read,
> > listen, watch...
> >
> > yoel
> >
> >
> >
>
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