We just have this exhibit in Barcelona now. I don't feel particularly attracted to visit it really, even, we never know, maybe it is so "educational" as they say.
In fact, I am not against provocation. Even more, if there are no provocation there are no real emotion because our emotional reactions exist because something made them to react (and we can talk about our mental thinking as well). I know there is a fine line between one kind of provocation and the other but for me is very clear. For some reason, there are some times I like something because I have been very disturbed by it and some others that not much and I felt offended. Well, in fact it was my intelligence which was offended, not my moral or whatever. If the artist finds something very powerful and he feels it must be told then I feel nauseous to hide the truth under a big amount of sugar "just for don't offend". This it will be the other extreme. But, as I think about sex, you can provoke a lot more excitation just hiding as much as possible than to show absolutely all. It is a sort of game and the intelligent audience can enjoy it - and I think people is more intelligent that some producers and publishers think; just they don't trust or don't want to lose money and bet for the easy and fast, the most part of time - and feeling better about it. Example: if someone tells an story about sexual abuse to children I am not that child myself I can't resist to know all the truth, even more: I want to know all the truth, without any sugar. But this doesn't means to show me even nothing. But there are lot of ways to be 100% sincere showing you 0%: it is a thing called ellipsis which is more powerful than gallons of artificial blood. On the other hand, if someone abuse of a child to make his movie "oh, I abused that child to show how terrible this is" well, if that bastard thinks this is a provocation then I ever remember how Romans did their sad spectacles.
It is a very complicated matter and you have ever the danger to be called reactionary or something even worse talking with certain closed minds. Resuming: I want any prejudice I could have is provoked to just make it disappear but I have no need to see a shit if this doesn't show me nothing I didn't know before.
In fact, I am not against provocation. Even more, if there are no provocation there are no real emotion because our emotional reactions exist because something made them to react (and we can talk about our mental thinking as well). I know there is a fine line between one kind of provocation and the other but for me is very clear. For some reason, there are some times I like something because I have been very disturbed by it and some others that not much and I felt offended. Well, in fact it was my intelligence which was offended, not my moral or whatever. If the artist finds something very powerful and he feels it must be told then I feel nauseous to hide the truth under a big amount of sugar "just for don't offend". This it will be the other extreme. But, as I think about sex, you can provoke a lot more excitation just hiding as much as possible than to show absolutely all. It is a sort of game and the intelligent audience can enjoy it - and I think people is more intelligent that some producers and publishers think; just they don't trust or don't want to lose money and bet for the easy and fast, the most part of time - and feeling better about it. Example: if someone tells an story about sexual abuse to children I am not that child myself I can't resist to know all the truth, even more: I want to know all the truth, without any sugar. But this doesn't means to show me even nothing. But there are lot of ways to be 100% sincere showing you 0%: it is a thing called ellipsis which is more powerful than gallons of artificial blood. On the other hand, if someone abuse of a child to make his movie "oh, I abused that child to show how terrible this is" well, if that bastard thinks this is a provocation then I ever remember how Romans did their sad spectacles.
It is a very complicated matter and you have ever the danger to be called reactionary or something even worse talking with certain closed minds. Resuming: I want any prejudice I could have is provoked to just make it disappear but I have no need to see a shit if this doesn't show me nothing I didn't know before.
Thank you ;)
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