ArtAsiaPacific (Digital)

ArtAsiaPacific (Digital)

1 Issue, Mar/Apr 2017

Art Should Remain Free

A Hong Kong-based curator discusses freedom of speech and censorship
To the Editors: Freedom of speech is on a steady decline around the globe. Everywhere, fears—as well as increased instrumentalization of these fears—are spreading, fueling more cases of censorship and self-censorship. In Hong Kong, erosion of freedom of speech is also an issue on the rise. Within this very tense context, and following the essay “Only Numbers” by Man Ching-Ying Phoebe (published in AAP Issue 101 Nov/Dec, 2016) I would like to reiterate the reasons why I decided to withdraw an artwork from the “Human Vibrations” festival last May in Hong Kong. It is indeed essential for me to insist that this decision had nothing to do with the artwork’s content, and thus did not represent any censorship. This decision was made in order to condemn the unprofessional attitude of…
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