Art School as an Unsafe Space
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In februari 2018 the Rietveld Academy cancelled a presentation by art critics KIRAC.
It was a remarkable step for a dutch art school, prevailing a safe learning enviroment over academic and artistic freedom.
I wrote an essay about rights, guilt and damage control and designed it as a magazine.
I wrote an essay about rights, guilt and damage control and designed it as a magazine.
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During my research I found quite a bit of art that has sparked controversy recently or in the past. Not wanting to be tone-deaf to 21st century sentiments, I decided to censor them to make the art world a little safer for all of us.
* one image is removed for safety reasons
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