Artistic Expression
The Issue
Artistic expression is currently being endangered by the fragmentation of society into increasingly inward-focused social groupings that reject alternative perspectives and questions to their taken-for-granted reality.
Why It Matters
Artistic expression has been a principal way in which the most important aspects of our common humanity have come to be understood and communicated.
Our Work
The Centre for Free Expression engages the public in dialogue about the importance of artistic expression and supports artists when there are attempts to restrict or suppress their work. The Centre is particularly interested in how social media contributes to the fragmentation of society and the chilling of artistic expression.
Resources
Have we Lost the Plot with Polanski?
Roman Polanksi’s back in the news again, this time because of the 12 César Academy nominations he received for his latest film,
By Ummni Khan
BPC Bulletin: Sensitivity or Censorship in Modern Fiction
October 31, 2019 - A sensitivity reader is someone who reads a manuscript with the express purpose of identifying and questioning plot elements, characters, language, and tropes that come across as inauthentic, lazy, stereotypical, or downright offensive.
CFE Film Series: Rashomon
Director: Akira Kurosawa
CFE Film Series: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Director: Alison Klayman
BPC Bulletin: Quebec Police Confiscate Horror Novel; Author and Publisher Face Porn Charges
March, 25, 2019 - On March 14, 2019, police in Quebec raided the home of author Yvan Godbout and the office of publisher Nycolas Doucet. The police confiscated copies of Mr. Godbout’s horror novel Hansel et Gretel.