FILMMAKERS STATEMENT

1-2-3

1-2-3 is a new documentary in production addressing art censorship in the post 911 Bush era. "How difficult is it to censor art? It is as easy as 123."

1-2-3 documents and defends your right to speech in the post 911 Bush era. "the nea tapes" our previous film about censorship in the arts covered the decade prior to 911. (see: www.eidia.com)

The most common form of censorship is the suppression, or elimination of the offending artwork from public view. Those who censor art seek to use cultural expression toward divisive ends. We will use “1-2-3” as an example of how an artist can creatively counter constructs of censorship. How many films do we see on the censorship of contemporary art in America or the world? Not many. The struggles of individual artists in “1-2-3” make visible the censorship most artists have experienced either as students or as exhibiting artists. This shared experienced reveals a complicity of silence in the censoring of art. We have chosen to fight against forms of censorship utilizing documentary video--an art action--that answers back truth to power. “1-2-3” includes segments on the artists: Thomas Condon from Cincinnati (who served 12 months and 5 days in prison for his art), New York artist Amy Wilson, the censored Brooklyn College MFA class of 2006, artist Amy Jenkins, the controversial Fluxus artist Carolee Schneemann and the art collective Creative Art Ensemble (CAE).

by EIDIA: Paul Lamarre and Melissa P. Wolf
Lamarre and Wolf share the roles of directing, producing and cinematography

For more information: <eidiahouse@earthlink.net>