Monday, January 29, 2007

Wikipedia ban response by UEK

"I love bans and people doing the deed, they are so obvious." said the multimedia artist UEK in an email to me. "Someone taking a stand against my art will hardly hold me back from ameliorating further creations. I'm honored to get the attention, but unmoved and unwilling to feel disfavored."

UEK then attached a list of attributes describing the word BAN:
disallow, abjure, assert the contrary, ban, bar, be unmoved, be unwilling, beg off, belie, blackball, categorically reject, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, debar, decline, decline to accept, default, deny, disaffirm, disagree, disapprove, disapprove of, disavow, disclaim, disfavor, dishonor, disown, disprove, dispute, dissent, dissent from, embargo, enjoin, exclude, exclude from, forbid, forswear, frown at, frown down, frown upon, gainsay, grimace at, hold out against, impugn, inhibit, interdict, join issue upon, keep back, levant, look askance at, look black upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, not approve, not buy, not consent, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, not pay, not think of, nullify, object, object to, oppose, ostracize, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, protest, recant, refuse, refuse consent, refuse to admit, refuse to pay, refute, reject, renounce, repress, repudiate, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, retract, revoke, rule out, say nay, say no, say no to, shut out, stand aloof, stop payment, suppress, taboo, take back, take exception to, take issue with, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, turn down, view with disfavor, vote nay, vote negatively, welsh

Friday, January 26, 2007

Banned from Wikipedia

It came to my attention that a 19 year old from Finnland banned the multimedia artist UEK and disallowed any further UEK entries on Wikipedia!.

Yippi, UEK must be doing something right!

Here is the copy Wikipedia has/had an issue with:

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UEK mutimedia artist

Extending the frontiers of art is an all-consuming passion for UEK. Dissatisfied with the limitations of conventional techniques, UEK has successfully crossed unexplored borders by fusing traditional fine art techniques with modern technology. He's demonstrated that you can link proven and experimental methods and break the rules at the same time in order to come up with 3D constructions that communicate with today's media weaned audiences.

UEK's hybrid techniques can be traced to a well-rounded background in art, graphic design and music. Including sound recording & programming; advertising; photography; journalism as well as graphic and type face design.

UEK is living in New York City since March 1981. His artwork is represented in many private collections.

For a small sample art work from the Talking Pictures work (1990), called Metropolis (exhibited in New York City and the San Bernadino Museum of Art, California in 1992). click here[1]. Keep in mind, that the Talking Pictures include sound.
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I will try to find some more information and artwork and post it here in the future.