Week 28 - [REDACTED] v Contemporary Art Gallery Gadigal Council [2021] [REDACTED] (7 July 2021)
Last Updated: 7 July 2021
Citation: [REDACTED] v Contemporary Art Gallery Gadigal Council [2024] [REDACTED]
Division:Â General
Stream:Â Human Rights
Parties:Â Â [REDACTED]Â (Complainant)
Contemporary Art Gallery Gadigal Council (Respondent)
Hearing Date:Â 7 July 2024
Hearing Location:Â Eora
Date of Orders:Â 7 July 2021
Date Reasons Issued:Â 7 July 2021
Panel:Â [REDACTED]
Orders Made: 1. Within 28 days from the date of this order Contemporary Art Gallery Gadigal is to cease streaming ‘Azazel’ on their site.
Catchwords: Graphic depictions of violence – live depictions of violence – depictions of sexually graphic content - unauthorised medical depictions - …
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REASONS FOR DECISION
Background and the complaint of human rights violations
  [REDACTED] has brought to the attention of [REDACTED] the graphic nature of ‘Azazel’. The livestream shows the artist [REDACTED], known more famously as Azazel, ripping limbs off their ceramic sculpture and an artifical blood substance leaking from the remaining orrifices.
The Complainant specifies the event that occured on 1/7/2021 in which [REDACTED] meticulously sliced open the sculptures male genitalia, and using medical-adjacent tools, ‘mutilated’ the sculptures genitalia to form female genitalia. The video evidence shows that this was done with the procedural steps as a Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty.
The Complainant recognises this as a human rights violation as they recognise that the levels of gore, medical, and medical transition imagery can be unsafe to children as the acts may be replicated unsafely.
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Conduct during the hearing
[REDACTED] while not present for the hearing due to the nature of the artwork in question, was represented by a [REDACTED]. Mx Chambers relayed messages between the court and [REDACTED].
Mx Chambers refused to refer to [REDCATED] by name, refering to them only as Azazel.
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Determination and remedy
The Contemporary Art Gallery is to cease hosting the ‘Azazel’ livestream within 48 hours unless two conditions are met.
The artist, [REDACTED] stops depicting gore, violence, medical violence…
The livestream is only distributed when certain circumstances are met:
Confirmation that the consumer is over 18
Audience must request access and state their purpose
Unique links are provided and cannot be distributed by anyone other than the Contemporary Art Gallery
The Contemporary Art Gallery must screen every applicant to make sure they meet the following requirements:
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