Date: 30 April 2019
Time: 11am – 4pm
Place: Space Upstairs, Project Arts Centre
Brendan Behan said it best: the finest Irish writers were all banned at some point. From James Joyce to Edna O’Brien, none escaped the censors’ wrath.
The ordered removal of Maser’s Repeal the 8th mural has brought censorship to the fore once again. Is free artistic expression limited in Ireland? Are issues such as funding, promotion, social media restrictions and discrimination creating conditions for self-censorship?
Join a host of artists and activists as we remember and examine the role of censorship. Guests include Be Aware Theatre Company, Lian Bell, Donal Fallon, Declan Long, Una Mullally, and more to be announced.
Tickets from the Project website: https://projectartscentre.ie/event/the-best-banned-in-the-land-a-forum-on-artistic-freedom-of-expression/
A light lunch will be provided.
This event is the result of collaboration between the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Irish Writers Centre, Poetry Ireland, the Writers’ Guild and Project Arts Centre. It is kindly sponsored by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.