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August 25, 2005
Bravo
"So, the only real issue is whether the City can lawfully proscribe an otherwise-approved public art exhibition on its streets because that exhibition involves painting graffiti on mock subway cars. The City does not suggest, nor could it, that such painting is itself a crime, since the 'subway car' panels are plainly mock-ups. But it claims the right to censor this exercise of free speech expression because, in the words of the Mayor on his radio program last Friday, the exhibition is tantamount to 'encouraging vandalism.' By the same token, presumably, a street performance of Hamlet would be tantamount to encouraging revenge murder. Or, in a different vein, a street performance of 'rap' music might well include the singing of lyrics that could be viewed as encouraging sexual assault. As for a street performance of Oedipus Rex don't even think about it."
Other links:
- Gothamist on the Marc Ecko vs. Bloomberg grafitti party drama
- Marc Ecko's (yes, that Ecko) blog on the matter.
- via Wooster, NYT article on the revoking of the party permit
- via Wooster, Bucky Turco's take on the above ruling
Posted by claudine at August 25, 2005 03:27 PM
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