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Australian government to subject art to same ratings as movies
Australia's art community has expressed outrage at a government report calling for pornographic artworks to be subject to the same ratings system as movies and video games.
The report by a senate committee also raised the prospect of classifying apps and games on mobile phones and Ipads.
It said 500,000 apps and games were available for downloading to Australian phones,but only five had ever been classified.
The 200-page report said that classification rules should apply equally to all content “regardless of the medium of delivery”.

The senate’s inquiry followed the controversy over the police’s seizure in 2008 of photographer Bill Henson’s images depicting a nude 13-year-old.
Though police returned the photos — which were described as“revolting” by the then prime minister Kevin Rudd - the incident prompted a vigorous public debate about censorship.

The arts community —including artists and gallery directors — were incensed at the prospect that visual works such as paintings and photos could be subject to a ratings system.
“You can’t just lump apples and oranges together,” the National Association of Visual Arts executive director,Tamara Winikoff,told The Adelaide Advertiser newspaper.

“Between all sorts of cultural productions there are similarities, but the way the work is seen and understood is really very different.”
Galleries in Australia frequently display warnings and signs when exhibits may offend.
The director of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Nick Mitzevich, said the visual arts industry was aware of the sensitivies surrounding potentially offensive material.

“I think there’s little evidence to support such a draconian approach - a one size fits all,” he said. “It seems it’s bureaucracy out of control.”
The committee chairman,Guy Barnett,said the current classification system was flawed and there was a need for uniform rules.

“Visual arts should not be exempt from our criminal laws and our anti-pornography laws,”he said.
The report called for a further inquiry into “progress made in addressing the issue of sexualisation of children in the contemporary media”.
The committee’s majority report was signed off by its conservative members.
A dissenting minority report said it rejected many of the recommendations and urged that any legislation should await a separate inquiry by Australia’s law reform commission.