This weeks readings really reiterated how powerless we all
are in comparison to figures of federal authority. It’s an interesting
transition from the last couple of weeks of lectures that focused on the
“othering” of marginalized groups because it illustrates that everyone is
rendered powerless by governmental authority to a degree.
The debate over privacy vs. “free speech” with respect to
photography is interesting and arguably fundamentally irresolvable, as it is a
matter of defining a degree to which privacy is more sacred than safety and
that threshold will always change to match the needs of specific circumstances
(usually defined by those in power, which in this case is the government). Though
I do find the concept of controlling artistic expression an impingement on our
right to free speech, I also question where the threshold is when it comes to
individual privacy. Cheryl Sourkes webcam images illustrate the debate we had
earlier in class about the offensiveness of appropriation for artistic purposes
and asks us to question whether artistic originality is even possible
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