‘The pity of it is that the UK’s flagship museum of modern and contemporary art should feel so exposed and vulnerable to the vagaries of sponsors that it engages in this form of self-censorship – in advance of a broken arm, so to speak. (Art Monthly Editorial 3.10/ 334: 11)
“The discussion then turned to the issue of ‘reputational risk’, …that Tate prided itself on free access to art and that if its funding was hit it would not be a positive thing for anyone. I asked whether they were in effect attempting to censor the workshop; ‘censorship’, I was told, is ‘an emotive word’.” (John Jordan, 3.10/AM/334: 35)
This is not the National Review of Live Art
SELF-CENSORSHIP NOT SPONSORSHIP
counterproductions will be infiltrating Glasgow with déjà vu, disquiet, and dubiousity…
As the spectre of censorship stalks the archways of the City, memories of dreams, distant voices, and dissent, waft through the corridors and bars a chill wind.
So come join the party of street sleepers, self-reliance, and rail, underneath the arches:
Pavement is our pillow/No matter where we stray/Underneath the arches/
We dream our dreams away (B. Flanagan / J. McCarthy)
From 11.20 am Saturday 20 March 2010 by the CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street. And following in locations across the City of Glasgow including: 253 Argyle Street, George Square and 25 Albert Drive.
Further information @: http://thisisnotthenrla.blogspot.com/
supported by:
ChunkyArts, Grunts for the Arts, RATIONAL REC, NGCC, JenkinsRough Foundation, Easyjet, Urban Bear Research Centre, The Laughter Lab, counterproductions
“You are too powerful to need me and I am too self-sufficient to need you” (Diogenes)
