Bastien Vivès at this time responded to the cancellation of his Angoulême International Comics Festival exhibition. The Festival cancelled the occasion yesterday citing threats of violence in direction of Vivès, the Festival organising workforce, and guests.
In a submit on his Instagram this afternoon, Vivès condemned the “glorification” of paedophilia, rape tradition and sexual violence; reiterated his various catalogue of work; and identified that the notably controversial works are launched shrink-wrapped and with warning labels.
[Translated via DeepL]:
“I condemn paedophilia and its glorification and trivialization. I condemn rape tradition and violence towards girls. I want to specific my honest solidarity with the victims of incest and every other sexual abuse. Under no circumstances ought to my books be learn in the mild of complacency in direction of these crimes.
“My work is varied. For those who have never read me, most of my books are about the birth of love and desire. This is the subject that inspires me the most. My four so-called “pornographic books” are bought in bookstores in blister packs, with a warning and a ban on these underneath 18. They are half of a humorous burlesque style.”
Vivès notably goes in depth relating to his poor behaviour on-line – which the competition yesterday commented on of their cancellation assertion.
From yesterday’s Festival assertion:
“Bastien Vivès has made various comments – spread out over the years – which may seem to some people to be very shocking and/or inappropriate: the Festival was not initially aware of many of them. In view of the situation, it is up to the author to explain, in the manner he deems appropriate, their meaning, their reason for being and to specify the circumstances in which they were expressed.”
His Instagram submit notably mentions an episode the place he reportedly trolled fellow artist Emma, and – extra just lately – when he earlier this 12 months launched a bad-taste cartoon that includes lesbians which he eliminated following on-line backlash.
Vives:
“My presence on social networks has usually been infantile. Sometimes I used it as a vent. I sincerely remorse some of my feedback, and particularly these towards the artist Emma posted on my Facebook wall to which I would like to apologize. It was gratuitously violent, disrespectful and above all unworthy. I left Facebook and Twitter a while later.
“More recently, one of my posts on Instagram provoked reactions that I did not want. I took responsibility for it by deleting it and apologizing.”
The fiftieth annual Angoulême Festival takes place January 26 to 29, 2023.
The DeepL translated Instagram submit in full:
“I condemn paedophilia and its glorification and trivialization. I condemn rape tradition and violence towards girls. I want to specific my honest solidarity with the victims of incest and every other sexual abuse. Under no circumstances ought to my books be learn in the mild of complacency in direction of these crimes.
“My work is varied. For those who have never read me, most of my books are about the birth of love and desire. This is the subject that inspires me the most. My four so-called “pornographic books” are bought in bookstores in blister packs, with a warning and a ban on these underneath 18. They are half of a humorous burlesque style. This provocative type, I’ve typically used it once more, in an ungainly method, in my interviews. People typically say of me that I’m unfiltered, however at no time did I would like to harm victims of sexual crimes and abuse. And I clearly need to apologize to these individuals if my phrases could have harm them.
“My presence on social networks has usually been infantile. Sometimes I used it as a vent. I sincerely remorse some of my feedback, and particularly these towards the artist Emma posted on my Facebook wall to which I would like to apologize. It was gratuitously violent, disrespectful and above all unworthy. I left Facebook and Twitter a while later.
“More just lately, one of my posts on Instagram provoked reactions that I didn’t need. I took duty for it by deleting it and apologizing.
“The Angoulême exhibition didn’t contain these controversial topics, which by no means outline the entirety of my work. Everything had been thought and weighed considering the constraints of an occasion like the International Comics Festival.
“Today I understand that past my works, it’s particularly my phrases which have shocked, I’ll now take the best care once I specific myself in public or in the media.
“Bastien Vives”
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