Exclusive Screening of Banned Films Held At SVA Theatre 9/27

On September 27, NCAC and BFA Department of Visual & Critical Studies at the School of Visual Arts present an exclusive, double screening of the controversial films Destricted and Ken Park. These films have been banned in countries around the world and are almost impossible to find in the U.S. There will be a discussion with the filmmakers about censorship and its effects on art during the intermission. The event starts at 6:30 and will be at The School of Visual Arts, SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street, New York, 10011.

Banned from the U.S. in 2006, Destricted was produced by an international team of curators including Neville Wakefield, Mel Agace and Andrew Hale. They commissioned some of the world's most visible and provocative artists and filmmakers to make films exploring the issues around representation and sexuality. The NCAC and SVA will screen shorts by Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Cecily Brown, Marylin Minter, Richard Prince, and Sam Taylor-Wood. The films "highlight controversial issues about the representation of sexuality in art, opening up for debate the question of whether art can be disguised as pornography or whether pornography can be disguised as art," according to the film's producers.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71TzfJTjfY

The second film on the bill is Ken Park, by Larry Clark, director of the controversial and acclaimed film, Kids. Banned in Australia, not even available in the U.S., Ken Park is another extension of Clark's keen focus in the life of young people. "Exploitative, deliberately provocative pornography? Courageous revelation of the secret life of teens? Calculated sensationalism? Telling it like it is? These are the arguments that will inevitably cause fur to fly anywhere in the vicinity of Ken Park, a sexually explicit slab of teenage ennui.." - Todd McCarthy, Variety

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddufqu1mEfM&p=70589CF4BFBE2E11

Film Screening
Indecent Exposure: A Discussion and Screening of Films You Are Unlikely to See Elsewhere
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 6:30 p.m.
School of Visual Arts, SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street, New York, 10011

6:30 Destricted (2006), a collection of short films by Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Cecily Brown, Marilyn Minter, Richard Prince, and Sam Taylor-Wood exploring the boundaries between pornography and art. This is the exclusive national pre-release screening of the film. Destricted has screened at the Tate Modern in London in 2006, Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Sundance and Edinburgh Film Festivals.

7:30 Discussion panel with Andrew Hale and Neville Wakefield (producers of Destricted), filmmaker Marilyn Minter, and Amy Adler (the Emily Kempin Professor of Law at NYU).

8:30 Larry Clark's Ken Park (2002), focuses on the abusive home life of several skateboarders in California. Banned in Australia for its controversial sexual content, the film has yet to be released in the U.S.

About the National Coalition Against Censorship
The National Coalition Against Censorship is an alliance of more than 50 national non-profit organizations, including religious, educational, professional, artistic, labor, civil liberties and civil rights groups, committed to defending freedom of thought, inquiry and expression. For more information, visit
www.ncac.org
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About the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists. From its inception in 1947, the faculty has been comprised of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields. SVA provides an environment that nurtures creativity, inventiveness and experimentation, enabling students to develop a strong sense of identity and a clear direction of purpose. For more information, visit
www.sva.edu