Most nudity is not allowed, particularly if it is in a sexual context. Generally if a video is intended to be sexually provocative, it is less likely to be acceptable for YouTube. There are exceptions for some educational, documentary, scientific, and artistic content, but only if that is the sole purpose of the video and it is not gratuitously graphic. For example, a documentary on breast cancer would be appropriate, but posting clips out of context from the documentary might not be.

So, this falls under the “artistic content” exception.

Ha, yes. That would be a great art piece – GRAVITY II: G-Force Machine. !

Best,
Rachel Kennedy

Ditto for “you shouldn’t be surfing at work then LOLOL,” since I assume someone’s planning to deploy that one again as we speak.

edit: the expression “sad relic” seems kinda harsh.
I wonder how would it seem on the rotating G force machines the astronauts train.
Also would be quite interesting to know the real age of the people shown, just for reference

Actually the image shows up in RSS as well (at least in Google Reader).

Edit: Never mind, I see now that the NSFW tag is visible before opening the article in RSS.

From the initial images, I was expecting the kind of installation that portrays the human form as at once fascinating, odd and mesmerizing, for its own sake. So the social/sexual subtext was jarring to me.

Not sure why I felt so immediately defensive on behalf of the subject, but that’s exactly what it was: I felt this human body was in an utmost vulnerable, exposed situation (in both its nudity and ‘stressed’ position) so the additional judgement or baggage implied in the caption was disturbing to me. I can’t really express anything beyond that, I guess; an instant desire for compassion in front of vulnerability.

At first I was also unnerved by the gender stereotypes. But then I thought about those two years I spent in LA, and the sad fact that there is something transcendental about the banal emotional experience of beauty, and beauty lost, that is utterly integral to that unforgiving place called “the West Side.” I think Haussman gets close to the brutality and moral vacuity of the culture of vanity.

Anyways, thanks for engaging with the work. Cheers!

I’m not sure what the relevance is. Is looking at artistic nudes sexual harassment?

Google is your friend. There have been well-publicized lawsuits on this issue.

I’m probably reading too much into it, but then again isn’t it the very point of artist’s statements?

Maybe the artist was lumping the Baroque in with the Renaissance–the lighting is reminiscent of Rembrandt, and Rembrandt wasn’t so concerned with smoothness/perfection.