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NY Art School Boxes Student Sperm Project

By Svetlana Mintcheva|2020-01-03T13:50:17-05:00March 5th, 2013|Blog|

The recent rather heavy-handed treatment of Marc Bradley Johnson’s MFA thesis project at New York’s School of Visual Art (SVA) raises some interesting concerns—especially for an institution that aims to play a leadership role in the bio-art movement. Johnson’s project consists of a refrigerator containing 68 vials of his sperm arranged on a grid. The artist originally intended to give [...]

Indecent Exposure: A Discussion and Screening of Films You Are Unlikely to See Elsewherel

By Paul Rozenberg|2020-01-03T13:38:34-05:00September 24th, 2010|Blog|

On Monday, September 27, NCAC and BFA Department of Visual & Critical Studies at the School of Visual Arts will screen a special not-so-late-night double feature picture show of controversial films Destricted and Ken Park. A discussion with the filmmakers about censorship and its effects on art will take place during the intermission. These films have been banned in countries [...]