Secret museums /

Secret museums /

Throughout the ages, erotic art has been created by some of the world's best-known artists, but it is rarely on public display. Whether it is held in private collections, or kept under lock and key in museums and libraries worldwide, erotic art and literature remains censored. But when graphic,...

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Corporate Authors: Artisan Films (Firm), Association relative à la télévision européenne, AVRO (Firm), Canvas Foundation, COBO Fund, Icarus Films, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, Radio-télévision suisse romande, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Radiologie, Sophimages (Firm), YLE Teema, ZDF Enterprises
Other Authors: Leysen, Johan (Narrator), Woditsch, Peter (Screenwriter)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
French
Dutch
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2008]
Subjects:
Art museums > Europe.
Erotic art > Europe.
Erotic literature.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Throughout the ages, erotic art has been created by some of the world's best-known artists, but it is rarely on public display. Whether it is held in private collections, or kept under lock and key in museums and libraries worldwide, erotic art and literature remains censored. But when graphic, even extreme, sexual imagery is freely available on the Internet, why is erotic art considered so dangerous that it must be prohibited? 'Secret Museums' features interviews with wealthy collectors, museum curators and guides, librarians, authors, gallery directors, art restorers and experts in erotic art, who discuss the reasons for the cultural suppression and control of erotic art; how institutional gatekeepers, as the protectors of public morality, decide what is acceptable; the difficulty of some in accepting sexuality as an appropriate subject for art; the compulsion to assemble private collections; and how many erotic masterpieces remain hidden today.
Item Description:Originally produced by: Sophimages, ZDF, Avro, RTBF télévision belge, ©2008 ; previously released in 2009.
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Physical Description:1 streaming video file (77 min.) : digital, sound, color
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Audience:College and up.
Awards:2008 Vancouver International Film Festival ; 2009 Tel-Aviv International Documentary FIlm Festival ; 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Production Credits:Producers, Sophie Schoukens & Jan Roekens ; camera, Remon Fromont ; editing, Luc Plantier, Peter Woditsch ; music, Vladimir Martinka ; research Peter Woditsch, Ghislaine Peeters.
Access:Access restricted to subscribing institutions.

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