nebulus@well.sf.ca.us (Bruce McDiffett - no good deed goes unpunished) (01/22/91)
The Bay Area chapter of ACM/Siggraph - the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques - along with CPSR - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - announce a joint January meeting: COMPUTER EROTICA? OR COMPUTER PORNOGRPAHY? A Panel Discussion Paula Hawthorne, Moderator 8:00 pm Tuesday, Jan. 29 Xerox PARC Auditorium 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA Erotic artwork has been the focus of a great deal of heated debate in the past year. A Cincinnati art gallery was put on trial for exhibiting erotic photos by Robert Mapplethorpe. The United States Congress spent months contemplating restrictions on the sexual content of artwork sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. A music video by Madonna was deemed "inappropriate" for MTV, yet was subsequently shown on ABC's Nightline, resulting in Nightline's second-highest ratings ever. The debate extendeds to the technical community as well. Computer games with sexual episodes sell extremely well, or are widely copied. Traffic continues to increase in the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.pictures. Explicit autostereograms were exhibited this year at the national Siggraph art show. This joint meeting of Bay Area Siggraph and CPSR will be an examination of some of the artistic, social, legal, and constitutional issues surrounding erotic computer imagery. The meeting format will be panel discussion, with panel participants giving their analysis of the above issues, followed by questions and commentary from the moderator and from the audience. > Attendee Discretion Advised This meeting will be a mature discussion of adult topics, and as such should be considered R-rated (or NC-17). Attendance by young children is discouraged. Similarly, adults whose idea of mature discussion is a shouting match should probably be left at home. > Directions to Xerox From 280, take the Page Mill Road exit. Take Page Mill 1 mile east to Coyote Hill Road. Follow Coyote Hill 1/2 mile, and Xerox will be on the left. Follow the signs to the auditorium and visitor parking area. From 101, take the Oregon Expressway exit west 2 miles to El Camino Real. Oregon Expressway becomes Page Mill Road at El Camino Real. Follow Page Mill Road 1.7 miles to Coyote Hill Road and turn left. Go 1/2 mile and Xerox will be on the left. Follow the signs to the auditorium and visitor parking area. The auditorium entrance is at the north end of the building, at the bottom of the stairs. __________________________________________________________________________ Bay Area ACM/Siggraph Bruce McDiffett, President P.O. Box 3553 nebulus@well.sf.ca.us Santa Clara, CA 95055 For up to date information about this and other Siggraph activities, call the Bay Area Siggraph GraphicsLine at (415) 599-2054, 24 hours a day. __________________________________________________________________________