Submission form for the File Room.

The File Room is an open system. Several months of research into cultural censorship (prior to the opening of The File Room in May 1994) illustrates the global and historical ubiquity of these actions through a sampling of 400 initial cases. It is you, the participant, who will now continue the dialogue on censorship by offering for worldwide exposure censorious actions which have affected you, your collegues, others in you community or on other continents.

Much thought has gone into the structure of information in the File Room tp make it easy to browse, and this form reflects these simple organizing principles. As we want to avoid the role of editor (censor?) the questions correspond to the appearance of a case in the archive, so please try to fill in each field.

If you have suggestions for how to improve the structure of The File Room, please submit these in the Comments section.

To enter information, Place the mouse pointer over the boxes and then type.

Current version of Mosaic for the Macintosh does not support this feature. If you are using a Macintosh do not try to submit through Mosaic. Instead, e-mail any submissions to randolph@merle.acns.nwu.edu

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During which of these time periods did the censorship take place?

(Check the appropriate box)

    
     BCE                  1900-1925
     0-1000               1926-1950
     1000-1499            1951-1975
     1500-1799            1975-1984
     1800-1850            1985-present       
     1851-1899

Where did action take place?

      North America                Africa
      Central America & Caribean   Asia 
      South America                Australia
      Europe                       Middle East & Caucasus
      Russia & Central Asia

In your opinion, what were the grounds for censorship?

      racial/ethnic      nudity     
      behavior           sexual/gender orientation
      religious          sexuality
      political/economic/social/opinion

WHat medium or media are involved in this case?

    
     Broadcast Television         Radio
     Advertisment/Commercial      Public Art
     Sculpture                    Architecture/Design
     Painting                     Photography
     Installation                 Theatre
     Dance                        Performance
     Music                        Video Art
     Film                         Magazine/Journal
     Literature                   Public Speech
     Personal Opinion             Electronic Media

Name of individual, organization, or body whose work was censored:

Name of confronting bodies (both initiator or opposition/censorship and others brought into this opposition):

Please input specific date or dates of incident

More specific location (site, city, state, country,etc.):

Short description of the work :

Please discribe the incident:

What were the results of this incident?:

Source of your information:

Please enter your name here (optional):

Address:

City: State:

Zip:Country:

Postal Code

Phone # Fax #

E-mail Address:

Graphics:

We would love to see any images you have that pertain to your case. In fact, if you have an image about any case in the archive, please uucode them and E-mail with a discription to:

johnny@fileroom.aaup.uic.edu

If this is not an option for you, please snail-mail images to:

Randolph Street Gallery
756 N. Milwaukee Ave. 
Chicago, IL. 60622

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Thank you for taking the time to enter information for the File Room.

For any technical questions or comments contact:
Maria Roussos - Electronic Visualization Laboratory
mroussos@eecs.uic.edu
John Lawson
johnny@fileroom.aaup.uic.edu