Stockholm - Israel's ambassador to Sweden was kicked out of Stockholm's
Museum of National Antiquities after he destroyed an artwork featuring a
picture of a Palestinian suicide bomber, the artists said on Saturday.
The incident, widely reported in the Swedish media, occurred at the
opening on Friday of the "Making Differences" exhibit, part of an
upcoming international conference on genocide hosted by the Swedish
government and in which Israel is scheduled to participate.
Sweden's foreign ministry said on Saturday it would summon ambassador
Zvi Mazel to a meeting to explain himself.
"We will contact him on Monday to arrange a meeting. We want to give him
a chance to explain himself. We feel that it is unacceptable for him to
destroy art in this way," ministry spokesperson Anna Larsson told AFP.
'For me it was intolerable and an insult to the families of the victims'
The art installation, called Snow White and located in the museum's
courtyard, featured a basin filled with red water, designed to look like
blood.
A sailboat with the name Snow White floated on the water, and placed
like a sail was a photo of a smiling Hanadi Jaradat, the female lawyer
who blew herself up in the Haifa suicide bombing attack in October,
which killed 21 Israelis.
"For me it was intolerable and an insult to the families of the victims.
As ambassador to Israel I could not remain indifferent to such an
obscene misrepresentation of reality," the ambassador told Swedish news
agency TT.
According to museum director Kristian Berg, the ambassador went berserk
in front of the 400 specially-invited guests when he saw the piece.
"He pulled out the plugs and threw one of the spotlights into the
fountain which caused the entire installation to short-circuit and made
it totally life-threatening," he told TT.
'When I saw her picture in the paper, I thought she looked like Snow
White'
One of the two artists who created the work, Israeli-born Dror Feiler,
told AFP the ambassador was "totally unreasonable and undiplomatic" and
would not listen to his explanations.
"He said he was ashamed that I was a Jew," Feiler said. "We see this as
an offensive assault on our right to express our thoughts and feelings."
The other artist, Feiler's Swedish wife Gunilla Skoeld Feiler, told
daily Expressen that the work was "not a glorification of the suicide
bomber."
"I wanted to show how incomprehensible it is that a mother-of-two, who
is a lawyer no less, can do such a thing," she said.
"When I saw her picture in the paper, I thought she looked like Snow
White, that's why I gave that name to the piece," she added.
Dror Feiler was to perform a piece of music but refused to do so as long
as the ambassador remained at the scene.
"Ultimately we had to escort the ambassador out of the museum," museum
director Berg said, adding that he did not consider the artwork to be a
provocation.
"It is rather an invitation to think about why such things happen in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict," he said.
The museum's artistic director, Thomas Nordanstad, said he had given the
artists the go-ahead to create the piece, and had "hoped it would lead
to an artistic dialogue".
If I had any art work like that in the police states I'd be shot.
Death to the christian jew cop government
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<clue> alt.design.graphics just doesn't have politics in the title!! </clue>
Now go away and post on a political NG, maybe someone will give a shit what
your views are.
;o)
<-::-> Vietnam Sam <-::->
"The Vietnam War draft was white people sending black people to fight yellow
people to protect the country they stole from the red people."
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They would call it a "Police Action".
in article bugrr7$hfiod$1...@ID-129131.news.uni-berlin.de, SpaceGirl at
NoSpace...@subhuman.net wrote on 1/19/04 7:07 AM:
> Why don't you go away and post this stuff in a group that is interested in
> this sort of subject.
>
> <clue> alt.design.graphics just doesn't have politics in the title!! </clue>
>
> Now go away and post on a political NG, maybe someone will give a shit what
> your views are.
Little news for YOU... this is a free speech newsgroup. Any topic is
allowed. You need to learn to control what you choose to read. It is not
other people's responsibility to not post messages with topics that you are
not interested in. It is your responsibility to not read what you are not
interested in.
Understand how it works?
":^) ®
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Mike, thanks for adopting the
great name of Combaticus. Anything you do in my name shall be credited to
you on that great and terrible day.
Love,
Combaticus
"While we completely embrace the idea of free speech, the use of
objectionable language is discouraged, as there are minors who read and post
to a.d.g."
Further down it says:
What about posting questions or off-topic comments?
"If you post a technical, career-related, or legal question, you can be
assured that you will get a response. Off-topic posts are discouraged, but
we also realize that some people come to this group to not discuss work, but
to interact with people who work in the same profession and are
understanding about how our jobs affect other areas of our lives"
Was this not off topic? how can you discourage off topic comments, but allow
full free speech
The last line stating "Death to the christian jew cop government" - do we
want the kids on this NG to become racist and bigoted against Jews?
With all due respect of course Emperor .. ;O)
<-::-> Vietnam Sam <-::->
"The Vietnam War draft was white people sending black people to fight yellow
people to protect the country they stole from the red people."
[ Bin the Napalm to reply ]
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"Free speech does not extend to the right to shout 'fire!' in a crowded
theater."
--
Walter Donavan
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You think it is more beautiful to use apache helicopters with napalm and
30 mm brushes vietnamsam?
The Trojan Horse was the first graphic design that was used to win an
advertising campaign.
> >
> > <clue> alt.design.graphics just doesn't have politics in the title!!
</clue>
> >
> > Now go away and post on a political NG, maybe someone will give a
shit what
> > your views are.
My apologies for not living up to your high standards of chrisjewanity,
however I can only attempt to provide a moral content to my messages
without losing the power in expression.
>
>
>
> Little news for YOU... this is a free speech newsgroup. Any topic is
Hardly. Throughout the years these people have had my accounts closed
and I know who they are*.
> allowed. You need to learn to control what you choose to read. It is
not
> other people's responsibility to not post messages with topics that
you are
Not supposed to be however people have political perversion to oppress
excellence.
> not interested in. It is your responsibility to not read what you are
not
> interested in.
Part of their problem is the fact that my accounts have been compromised
and I have been forced to alter my communications to survive.
Shortly with the advanced stealth methods and system protection devices
I can fix my identity to allow the censors consistent ignorance of my
expressions. Yaw...@hotmail.com I am not really sure how I will handle
my new email since I have everything sent to the junk folder and
messages have been opening automatically. But if it works then they
could keep me on their killfile list. My website is to be the first in 4
years which will only begin with a page or just a drawing since it is
too crowded with popups and applets at tripod.
Then only the spies and moles can accelerate their professional goals.
There are many multimedia fields that interest me and it seems
impossible to achieve assembly mode into the speed of web page design.
You and others I have seen are advanced so much I try to learn. However
software is expensive and I have to use what I have available. Pen and
Ink.
Yawnkin Bhuorpnwiz
*(psst no I don't)
> My apologies for not living up to your high standards of chrisjewanity,
> however I can only attempt to provide a moral content to my messages
> without losing the power in expression.
I don't care what you post, but at least pay attention to who you are
replying to.
I support your right to post whatever you wish.
>> Little news for YOU... this is a free speech newsgroup. Any topic is
>
> Hardly. Throughout the years these people have had my accounts closed
> and I know who they are*.
Small price to pay.
> Part of their problem is the fact that my accounts have been compromised
> and I have been forced to alter my communications to survive.
"Survive"? That is a little extreme, don't you think?
If you choose to NOT alter your communications, hire a news service that
masks your ISP and your name...as I do.
":^) Ž
Then you can post as you wish and the crybabies can just tough it out.
":^) Ž
I mixed the reply I hope it did not confuse you.
>
> I support your right to post whatever you wish.
>
Thanks.
I would rather be posting stuff that is beneficial to the graphics
design.
But expression is important and their are topics that are more important
than money.
>
>
>
>
> >> Little news for YOU... this is a free speech newsgroup. Any topic
is
> >
> > Hardly. Throughout the years these people have had my accounts
closed
> > and I know who they are*.
>
> Small price to pay.
>
That's right. A good lesson testing the limits of web content.
The censorship is much more on HTTP I get my acocunts closed after a few
posts.
NNTP is harder to ban yet not impossible.
It is funny how I have been called a spammer just cause I say something
certain people do not agree with.
Now learning how to get paid for my opinions is the ultimate goal.
Public Relations is an important thing is acheiving world domination.
>
> > Part of their problem is the fact that my accounts have been
compromised
> > and I have been forced to alter my communications to survive.
>
> "Survive"? That is a little extreme, don't you think?
>
Not with guns pointing at your head and your child is in the line of
fire.
That is without making money, just being free.
> If you choose to NOT alter your communications, hire a news service
that
> masks your ISP and your name...as I do.
In due time hopefully I can get my own Suckfeed.
lol, beautiful.
> "Free speech does not extend to the right to shout 'fire!' in a crowded
> theater."
Little news for you, this is not a crowded theater and even if someone were
to shout "fire" it would not harm anyone.
So... "FIRE"... "There is a FIRE!"...
Were you scared?
hahahaha.
> in article bujhbt$iger9$1...@ID-206550.news.uni-berlin.de, Walter Donavan at
> spa...@nonags.com wrote on 1/20/04 7:26 AM:
> So... "FIRE"... "There is a FIRE!"...
AAHHHHH!!!!!! Oh. Wait - there's no fire.
Man, don't do that! Someone could get hurt.
Combaticus
Not in here.
":^) ®
Are you sure?
Secret service told me that one years ago.
> lol, beautiful.
>
>
Yawnkin Bhuorpnwiz