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Rotorua Art Village, Aotearoa/New Zealand do Gangnam Style for Ai Weiwei and others – Video


Rotorua Art Village, Aotearoa/New Zealand do Gangnam Style for Ai Weiwei and others
Arts work out in gangnam style for speech after freedom - When the Chinese government banned South Korean Psy #39;s song "Gangnam Style", then Ai Weiwei made a youtube video clip focussed on the silliness of censorship (see my review: Ai Weiwei the multi-tasker: sonjavank.wordpress.com When his video was banned, then artists and arts institutes around the world made their own #39;Gangnam Style #39; in protest against the censorship of the arts. The video above is a remix of Ai Weiwei #39;s (youtu.be and of Anish Kapoor #39;s (youtu.be videos along with some of those at my RAVE talk "Why is Ai Weiwei doing Gangnam Style" where the slogans made afterwards were in response to a discussion of what does freedom of expression mean in terms of collective and individual involvement in the world or one #39;s society. Performers in order of appearance: (to be completed soon) : 00:16 Sonja van Kerkhoff (as black mud straw horse), 00:17 Sen McGlinn (as middle aged activist in pink shirt), Snipbits in the above video also come from: MoMa, New York, The Philadelphia Museum of Arts, The Serpentine Gallery, London. And this 3 minute Hong Kong wall street journal interview discusses Ai Weiwei #39;s video. http://www.youtube.comFrom:Sonja van KerkhoffViews:13 1ratingsTime:04:16More inNonprofits Activism

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Russian Beeline censorship in Armenia – Video


Russian Beeline censorship in Armenia
Beeline blocking in Armenia Chechen rebels Kavkazcenter web-site using Russian law about prohibited web-sitesFrom:Samvel MartirosyanViews:2 0ratingsTime:00:16More inNews Politics

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Sexy Unnecessary Censorship #3 – Video


Sexy Unnecessary Censorship #3
The best one yet, and it #39;s all girls.From:PapaDwyerViews:297 15ratingsTime:01:22More inGaming

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V for Vendetta Airs in China – Anti Censorship Message? – Video


V for Vendetta Airs in China - Anti Censorship Message?
" Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for Vendetta #39;s" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship."* V for Vendetta, a movie about citizens overthrowing a corrupt totalitarian government, aired in China, historically strict about censoring media. Is this a sign of change to come? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss what the airing means. *Read more from Louise Watt/ AP via Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.comFrom:TheYoungTurksViews:35443 1131ratingsTime:01:23More inNews Politics

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3-2-1 Penguins Unnecessary Censorship. – Video


3-2-1 Penguins Unnecessary Censorship.
I am not kidding...this video is rather disturbing... What I am doing is bleeping out different words from characters in 3-2-1 P to make it seem like they are cussing. DISCLAIMER: I OWN NONE OF THE CONTENT IN THIS VIDEO. IT BELONGS TO BIGIDEA ENTERTAINMENT AND I WILL MAKE NO MONEY OR ANY SIMILAR PROFIT OFF OF THIS VIDEO WHAT-SO-EVER!From:larryboyrocksalotViews:0 2ratingsTime:00:50More inEntertainment

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