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 on May 19) 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 your community or on other continents.

Much thought has gone into the structure of information in the File Room to 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.

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

(Check the appropriate box)

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

    • Where did action take place?

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

    • In your opinion, what were the grounds for censorship?

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

    • What medium or media are involved in this case?

  • Broadcast Television
  • Radio
  • Advertisement/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 describe 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 description 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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