Breaking Silence: Censorship and Self-Censorship

The fourth and final episode of our podcast mini-series, Breaking
Silence, explores issues of censorship, self-censorship and
cancel culture in the creation of art.


Artistic Director Josephine Burton speaks to
arts consultant Manick Govinda, who co-founded
Brexit Creatives, about what he sees as the art world's
censorship or 'cancelling' of pro-Brexit views; Samuel Beckett
scholar Dr Jackie Blackman on Beckett's use of
silence in his plays as a form of self-censorship; journalist
Mayssa Issa, about the silencing of artists
during the coronavirus pandemic with arts being considered
'non-essential'; and Turkey's 'standing man' Erdem
Gündüz, whose 2013 silent protest against the Turkish
government went viral.


Through conversations with a range of acclaimed speakers across a
range of disciplines, Breaking Silence explores ways in which
voices, stories and cultures have been silenced both in current
times and recent history, when silence can be a positive force
for change, and what role the arts can play in breaking silences.


Links


Watch the music video for Danser Encore:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBEMRyt6Qg


Buy Beckett and Ethics:
https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605839840_beckett-and-ethics/9781441151179 


Find out more about Brexit Creatives on their Twitter
@brexitcreatives


Photo credit


Erdem Gündüz, standing in Istanbul's Taksim Square in June 2013
as a silent protest against the Turkish government.





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