Before and After Censorship

Organized by the Appel Arts Centre

21 May 2015

As a continuation of last year’s debate on the topic of boycott, with the participation of Yazan Khalili, Nicoline van Harskamp and Clare Butcher, de Appel arts centre is pleased to present Before and After Censorship. This debate will take the form of a round table discussion with the presence of Galit Eilat, Sabina Sabolovic, Joanna Warsza, Loreto Guzmán and Federico Zukerfeld. The programme also includes a visual contribution by artist Francisco Camacho.

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Censorship may take place implicitly or explicitly, raising questions concerning the unspoken ethical ‘limits’ institutions have and reflecting the lack of autonomy and artistic freedom that institutions, curators and artists may have under particular circumstances. Often this debate goes beyond institutional or artistic endeavors and involves society as a whole. During this evening, we would like to discuss certain questions on the topic of censorship, specially focusing on the ways that artworks are communicated to the audience or not.

Some of these are: What does artistic freedom imply under a predetermined institutional context? How does this framework affect the artwork communication/message towards the public? How do external social groups condition the way artworks are presented to the public? What is the role of the audience in a censorship case? May censorship offer a space for negotiation?