radical presence?

i write him a small note saying that first of all i
reserve the right of commenting on your work at
the same time as i defend your right in produc-
ing works like this. i write that i think the
images are stupid works of art and they reinforce
the stereotypes surrounding violence against
women. at the end i ask him “isn’t it because you
feel that feminism within the student body does
not have a strong presence at the college this
year that you dare to come out like this and do

such works 2"

next day the image of the marching women has
been replaced with a close-up drawing of me
with a fidel castroish hat on my head, dark

sunglasses on and a bullet in my hand. the work

has two pieces of text. one of them on the top of my image reads: “one artist,

one bullet” and the one underneath my image that reads;”the terrorist”. i

think, 'ok, so he is the

using old sexist and racist stereotypes?’. i think,
‘maybe it's my right to go and remove the drawing,
because its my image.’ but then i think, 'no, i don’t
want maurice yakowar to construct another maver-
ick for the college community.’ besides, i don’t
think that the guy deserves to get alot of publicity
because he doesn’t have anything new to add to
the race and gender issues. what i do decide is to
take pictures of all the three pieces and present it
to the college community.

ladies and gentlemen, honorable members of the
college community, sexism and racism still exist
within the boundaries of our community. let's
maintain our radical presence.

by the way, mr. nelson, i think terrorism is just
another form of violence that is used by a selected

number of individuals and/or organizations to

counterbalance the violence and the oppression that’s been infringed upon

them by the white, capitalist ecoromy / culture. if you really are against vio-

lence, first of all you

artist and iam the
terrorist with the bullet.
but why? didn’t i write
him i don’t like censor-

ship?’.

this time i’m really mad
not because of the use of
my image, but more
because as a persian
immigrant i’ve been
given the dirty western
constructed adjective of
“the terrorist” over and
over again. i think to
myself, ‘fuck you eric
nelson, even though i
still don’t know you at
all.’ i wonder, 'if he wants

to be a creative artist

then why does he keep

1 ARTIST

4 pcie T

= 2 S

THE TERRC

———

ae ee

don’t make fun of
women against vio-
lence against women
and second, you should
be able to condemn the
violence that’s been
enforced on so-called
third world countries
by the white world; the
world that as it is
undrestood through
your art work, you are

proud to bea part of

i would like to thank the
planet staff for providing
me a space to bring up this

issue. thanks

radical presence?

i write him a small note saying that first of al i
reserve the right of commenting on your work at
the same time as i defend your right in produc-
ing works like this. i write that i think the
images are stupid works of art and they reinforce
the stereotypes surrounding violence against
women. at the end i ask him “isn’t it because you
feel that feminism within the student body does
not havea strong presence at the college this

year that you dare to come out like this and do

such works 2"

next day the image of the marching women has

been replaced with a close-up drawing of me

with a fidel castroish hat on my head, dark
sunglasses on and a bullet in my hand. the work

has two pieces of text. one of them on the top of my image reads: “one artist,
one bullet” and the one underneath my image that reads;"the terrorist”. i

think, ‘ok, so he is the

using old sexist and racist stereotypes?’ i think,
‘maybe it's my right to go and remove the drawing,
because its my image.’ but then i think, ‘no, i don’t
want maurice yakowar to construct another maver-
ick for the college community.’ besides, i don’t

think that the guy deserves to get alot of publicity

because he doesn’t have anything new to add to
the race and gender issues. what i do decide is to
take pictures ofall the three pieces and present it
to the college community.

ladies and gentlemen, honorable members of the
college community, sexism and racism still exist
within the boundaries of our community. let's
maintain our radical presence.

by the way, mr. nelson, i think terrorism is just
another form of violence that is used by a selected

number of individuals and/or organizations to

counterbalance the violence and the oppression that's been infringed upon

them by the white, capitalist economy /culture. if you really are against vio-

lence, first of all you

artist and i am the
terrorist with the bullet.
but why? didn’ti write
him i don’t like censor-
ship?

this time i'm really mad
not because of the use of
my image, but more
because as a persian
immigrant i've been
given the dirty western
constructed adjective of
“the terrorist” over and.
over again. i think to
myself, fuck you eric
nelson, even though i

still don’t know you at
all’ i wonder, ‘if he wants BP ce

to be a creative artist,

t

then why does he keep

1 ARTIST

e

4 BULLET

THE TER! Pa es

don’t make fun of
women against vio-
lence against women.
and second, you should
be able to condemn the
violence that’s been
enforced on so-called
third world countries
by the white world; the
‘world that as it is
undrestood through
your art work, you are

proud to bea part of,

4 would lke to thank the
planet staff for providing
‘me a space to bring up this

issue. thanks