‘All that is Banned is Desired’
– A World Conference on Artistic Freedom of Expression

The conference was held in Oslo over two days in October 2012. It was organised by Fritt Ord and Freemuse

|   Video of Day 1  |  Video of Day 2   |  Video interviews   |  Video trailer   |

Glimpses from the conference: short excerpts of presentations and interviews.

Video of Day 1

Thursday 25 October 2012

• Session 1: BURMA: BEAUTY UNDER PRESSURE
• Session 2: RELIGION AND ARTISTIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
• Session 3: MORAL PANICS: SEXUALITY AND ART
• Session 4: CORPORATE CENSORSHIP
• Session 5: PUBLIC SPACE AND ART CLASHES
• Session 6: HUNGARY: ARTISTIC FREEDOM IN THE AGE OF XENOPHOBIA
• Session 7: TIBET: ARTISTS IN EXILE
• Session 8: THE INVISIBLE RED LINE: MANOEUVRING CHINESE ARTS CENSORSHIP
• Session 9: THE DAY THE MUSIC STOPPED: MALI

Video of Day 2

Friday 26 October 2012

• Session 1: OVERCOMING: WOMEN, ART AND EGYPT
• Session 2: STOP THIS FILTH: ARTISTS UNDER THREAT
• Session 3: TRIBAL PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: THE ART OF LOVE
• Session 4: ORGANISING FOR FREEDOM: CULTURAL WORKERS IN RUSSIA
• Session 5: ARTS IN RESISTANCE | RESISTANCE IN ART: SYRIA AND TUNISIA
• Session 6: FREEDOM THEATRE: WHAT KIND OF FREEDOM?
• Session 7: ARTISTS IN AN INESCAPABLE POLITICAL CONTEXT: CUBA
• Session 8: OUTSPOKEN
• Session 9: NORTH KOREA: NOTHING TO ENVY IN THIS WORLD
• Session 10: THE LASTING IMPACT OF THE RUSHDIE CASE
• Session 11: TURNING OUT THE LIGHT: TURKEY
• Session 12: THE ARTIST VS. THE STATE: LAPIRO DE MBANGA AND PUSSY RIOT
• Session 13: MANTA

Interviews

Arshad Hussain, Actor and Culture Activist (Pakistan)
Azhar Usman, Comedian, Activist and Lawyer (USA)
Deeyah, Music Producer (Norway/UK)
Fredrik Gertten, Film Director (Sweden)
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Playwright and Screenwriter (UK)
George Gittoes, Painter, Photographer and Filmmaker (Australia)
Héla Fattoumi, Dancer and Choreographer (Tunisia/France)
Larissa Sansour, Visual Artist (Palestine/UK)
Lars Ø Ramberg, Visual Artist (Norway/Germany)
Nadia Plesner, Visual Artist (Denmark)
Outspoken, Artist and Community Activist (Zimbabwe)
Si Han, Curator (China/Sweden)
Sondos Shabayek, Writer, Theatre Director and Actress (Egypt)
Sun Mu, Visual Artist (North Korea/South Korea)
Svetlana Mincheva, Director of Programmes at the National Coalition Against Censorhip (USA)
Tania Bruguera, Interdisciplinary Artist (Cuba/USA)
Tenzing Gonpo, Musician (Tibet/France)
Tenzing Rigdol, Visual Artist and Poet (Tibet)
Zanele Muholi, Visual Artist and Activist (South Africa)

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Credits

The video documentation was made possible through generous support by Svenska PostkodLotteriet, Sweden.

The videos were filmed and produced by Vimago.

Information about the conference

Programme and material which was published before 25 October 2012 – for participants and press:

Programme   |  List of speakers and performers   |

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The conference is organised by Fritt Ord and Freemuse, and is generously supported by

The Norwegian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
and
PostkodLotteriet, Sweden