Artistic Freedom Censorship in S. A. as regards erotic art
Item date(s): 29 February 1972
Walter Whall Battiss
(1906-1982) - (essay by)
Pages: 6pp Size: 300mm Language: English Edition: Unique
Place publication: Pretoria Publisher: The artist
Additional notes: The above essay was written in cursive (on six pages) on the back of three (x two-page) copies of:
Censorship in South Africa, a symposium – held in German, English and Afrikaans on 29 February 1972 at the Deutscher Verein, Paul Krugerstr, 114, Pretoria. There were four addresses at the symposium, one of which was given by Battiss:
Prof. Walter Battiss (UNIS ; Vorsitzender der Anti-Zensur “Pretoria Pasquino Society”): Censorship in S. A. as regards erotic art.
Other speakers were:
Herr Mario Schiess (Film – und Theaterregisseur, Pretoria)
Prof. Ben Engelbrecht (Theologe, Universitat Pretoria)
Herr A. M. van Schoor (Schriftleiter der afrikansen Tageszeitung “Die Vaderland”, Johannesburg).