Art description:
The work was site specific and consisted of a latex cast representing a ordinary guy and a poster. The body was hanging from the ceiling as if he had committed suicide. The suicide was committed in the line, waiting, in front of the counter of the social welfare office. The work was especially designed and done for the Town hall and made in contrast to the process of normalization. The poster stated:
I do not want to participate in this ridiculous repressive petit bourgeois shit society.
I am neither Danish, citizen, earner, taxpayer, consumer, proprietor, owner, tenant, borrower, customer, buyer, vendor, viewer, listener, voter, worker, unemployed, client, pupil, student, retired or pensioner.
I am not my name, my social security number, my address, my position, job, income, property, my bank account or something else.
Stuff your society up your ass, and leave me to be as I feel like.
Jes Brinch, Albertslund Town Hall, 06/18/01 - 08/19/01
Incident:
The work "Shove your society up your ass" by Jes Brink was censored by the social democratic municipality of Albertslund in Denmark. It was stopped because they believed the work could be considered offensive by people and children. The work was supposed to be shown at Albertslund Town hall but the work was turned down and never displayed. The mayor at the time was Finn Aaberg.
Current status:
As a reply to the censorship Jes Brink made a homepage based on the homepage of the Town hall with documentation and texts about the work and the events. http://www.artnode.org/art/brinch/albertslundraadhus/index.htm (Danish only)
Opposed by: The social democratic municipality of Albertslund in Denmark
Reason: Political
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