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provocative artwork
provocative artwork
Posted Oct 21, 2004 4:35 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137)Parent article: Ubuntu Linux and the future of Debian
"Nonetheless, we pursued this idea with professional artists and designers, and the images you see today are the first in a series that attempt to encapsulate the theme of warmth, human-ness, diversity, sharing, caring and nature."
Warmth, human-ness, diversity, sharing, caring and nature? What happened to sex?
Personally, I'm glad to see that the default artwork was toned down for the final release. The nearly naked people are distracting, and probably annoying after just a few days.
But it could have been far worse. Imagine if they had decided (and I apologize in advance for painting this picture in your head) to grace the desktop with three nearly naked kernel hackers. Say Linus, Andrew, and Alan. That would have crossed the line between low-brow art p0rn and a full-bore visual assault.
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"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 21, 2004 10:27 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]
In case some Puritans don't get it: nudity != sex. art != p0rn. tasteful != provocative.
The Ubuntu pictures are, IMHO, firmly on the left side of these inequalities.
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 21, 2004 16:58 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]
I guess you're calling me a Puritan. (You were addressing me, weren't you?) If so, I take it as a compliment. They had some ways that seem odd to us now, but they had a zeal for Right Living that's hard to find in America today. From what I hear Europe is about 5 to 7 years ahead of us in depravity, so I guess I am fortunate to live in America despite it's current moral condition.As for art vs. p0rn: For what it's worth -- if I could view pictures of semi-nude young women without any sort of physical or emotional response, I would consider scheduling an appointment with my family doctor. If you think nudity is stricty art, then something might not be working right...
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 22, 2004 0:53 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
"If you think nudity is stricty art, then something might not be working right..."
Erm, Smurf definitely did not say that. You might want to read his post again. And, are you actaully claiming the Ubuntu login screen is porn?? Talk about something not working right...
BTW, the Puritans were a hypocritical, disgraceful lot. You might want to read the Scarlet Letter again. Or brush up on the history of witch hunts.
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 22, 2004 1:51 UTC (Fri) by tjc (subscriber, #137) [Link]
BTW, the Puritans were a hypocritical, disgraceful lot.Not in general they weren't.
If you take any large enough group of people you can find a few individuals who are/were hypocritical and maybe even disgraceful, but that doesn't implicate the entire group. Saying Puritans are a hypocritical, disgraceful lot is like saying Muslims are all terrorists, or Windows users are all idiots.
You better check up on the revisionist history you've been reading. ;-)
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 22, 2004 1:31 UTC (Fri) by hppnq (guest, #14462) [Link]
From what I hear Europe is about 5 to 7 years ahead of us in depravity, so I guess I am fortunate to live in America
Very informative, thanks.
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 22, 2004 18:11 UTC (Fri) by tekNico (subscriber, #22) [Link]
>if I could view pictures of semi-nude young women without any sort> of physical or emotional response,
You are *expected* to see *real* "semi-nude young women without any sort
of physical or emotional response", for example on the beach, and in many other social occasions.
Better get the hang of it as soon as possible. ;-P
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 28, 2004 9:34 UTC (Thu) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link]
You haven't been out much lately, have you?
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 28, 2004 9:44 UTC (Thu) by dash2 (guest, #11869) [Link]
From what I hear Europe is about 5 to 7 years ahead of us in depravity, so I guess I am fortunate to live in America despite it's current moral condition.
And I guess I'm fortunate to live in Europe!
"provocative" artwork
Posted Oct 28, 2004 14:51 UTC (Thu) by egan (guest, #25723) [Link]
And I guess I'm fortunate to live in Europe!Even better : i live in Paris!
provocative artwork
Posted Oct 21, 2004 17:39 UTC (Thu) by mdekkers (guest, #85) [Link]
Say Linus, Andrew, and Alan.Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - my eyes!!!!!!! HURTS! PAIN! GO AWAY! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo.................