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  • This house regrets the reliance on tropes (e.g. enemies-to-lovers, the chosen one) in literature

    Joynt Scroll 2023 · No Round · 2023-05-07

  • This house prefers a world where art is anonymous

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house supports the popularity of fan works

    Infoslide

    In popular culture, 'fan works' refer to the creative activities of fans, including fanfiction, fanart, fan edits, and fan-made merchandise about works of fiction and/or real celebrities themselves.

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · No Round · 2023-04-20

  • This house supports the emergence of cultural centres like NMACC by developing countries.

    Infoslide

    A) The NMACC (Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre) is a cultural centre launched in Mumbai with the objective of promoting and preserving Indian art forms. The cultural centre invited various Bollywood and Hollywood celebrities for its launch and has received international recognition. B) The NMACC will present both Indian and international art by platforming local artists in theatres and studios, displaying various forms of art etc. Some of the recent events include a grand musical production, a fashion exhibition depicting Indian tradition impact on international fashion, dance performances on Bollywood music and classical Indian artforms.

    Vitark 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-04-14

  • This house believes that artists should be held accountable for the unruly behavior of their fans

    LSRPD 2023 · 5 · 2023-04-14

  • This house prefers a world where art is submitted to and displayed in museums and galleries anonymously forever

    NAUDC 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-04-08

  • This house prefers works of literature set in utopias rather than dystopias

    North American Debating Championship 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-04-07

  • This house believes that CGI or other technology should not be used to simulate the performance of a deceased actor

    North American Debating Championship 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-04-07

  • This house regrets the aesthetisation of suffering

    Infoslide

    Aesthetisation is a depiction or glorification of something as being artistically beautiful, represented in an idealised or refined manner.

    Nordic Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-03-31

  • This house would only subsidize art that has been judged by a panel of civilians

    Colgate 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-03-25

  • This house believes that it is morally permissible to consume art regardless of the artists’ personal background.

    Colonel Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Debating Championship 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-03-24

  • That art generated by artificial intelligence (e.g. images, paintings, poetry, text) which is specifically based on the work of an artist should be legally considered intellectual property of that artist

    Infoslide

    Intellectual Property Law (otherwise known as copyright law) protects the ability of an individual to own and profit from their own creativity and intellectual effort. For example, IP law often protects artists from having their profits stolen off them by someone else who might copy lyrics of their song. For the purposes of this motion, if someone were to generate art from artificial intelligence "in the style of Vincent Van Gogh", intellectual property of that art would lie solely at the hands of Vincent Van Gogh.

    Eastside Debating Competition 2023 Year 12 · Round 1 · 2023-03-17

  • This house believes that the trend towards the institutionalization of art has done more harm than good.

    Infoslide

    The institutionalization of art includes but is not limited to the emphasis on formal art training in standardized curricula, the recognition of art through its placement in formal institutions (e.g. museums, galleries), and the requirement of academic credentials (e.g. university degrees in art).

    Law Foundation Cup 2023 - Senior Category · Round 5 · 2023-03-04

  • That we should abolish the ban on political expression in Eurovision.

    Infoslide

    The Eurovision Song Contest (also commonly known as ‘Eurovision’) is a non-profit event organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Most of the countries participating are European countries, with Australia as a notable exception. Each country sends an artist and song, who compete to earn votes from the public and professional music juries; the winner receives enormous prestige, and their country gets the honour of hosting the following year’s competition. Famous winners include ABBA (1974), Celine Dion (1988), and Maneskin (2021). Eurovision claims to be a non-political competition and therefore forbids political expression in lyrics, speeches, flags, or gestures either within or outside of artists’ songs (eg., speeches, interviews). Here are five examples of politics in Eurovision and the EBU’s reaction. 1) In 2009, Georgia was disqualified for having a song 'We Don't Wanna Put In' which sounded a lot like 'We Don't Wanna Putin'. 2) In 2019 – when the show was hosted in Tel Aviv, Israel – Iceland’s broadcaster was fined after artist Hatari publicly displayed Palestinian flags when their votes were announced. 3) In 2021, Belarus was required to resubmit or heavily modify their song since it mocked the protests against Alexander Lukashenko. The replacement song was also deemed political, and Belarus was disqualified. Belarus has refused to compete since. 4) Russia was banned indefinitely from Eurovision as of 2022 due to its invasion of Ukraine. 5) Ukraine won Eurovision in 2016 and 2022, and in both years, there have been allegations that they breached the political rule. After their 2022 song, the artist made a plea for the West to support cities besieged in the Russian invasion. The EBU decided these entries were about ‘historical’ and ‘humanitarian’ issues and were not political; their victories stood. This decision of what is and is not political is solely at the discretion of the EBU.

    Advanced Open 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-03-02