Laurie Anderson, an artist and musician, has declined a visiting professorship at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, after facing scrutiny for her support of the 'Letter Against Apartheid' by Palestinian artists. Similarly, another artist with German Jewish heritage canceled her exhibition in Germany after being questioned for signing her Instagram posts with 'Free Palestine' without the addendum 'from Hamas'. In Berlin, cultural funding was almost made contingent on support for the IHRA definition of antisemitism, but a boycott led to the city retracting this requirement. Novelist Lana Bastašić ended her relationship with her German publisher due to its silence on the genocide in Gaza and the censorship of pro-Palestinian voices, which resulted in her being disinvited from a literary festival in Austria.
“I would not want to be part of another institution which not only cancels artists because of their activism, but seems to think silence and censorship is the right answer to genocide.” https://t.co/MPu8O4QSuQ
Novelist Lana Bastašić cut ties w/ her German publisher over its silence abt the genocide in Gaza & the censorship of pro-Palestinian voices in Germany. She was then disinvited from a prestigious literary festival in Austria. Her response is remarkable https://t.co/Z9jTyBG6Zc https://t.co/WeU5e3Z2ew
The artist and musician Laurie Anderson has withdrawn from a professorship at a German university, after it became known that she had supported a 2021 petition by Palestinian artists titled “Letter Against Apartheid” https://t.co/C47jhUDdzS
An artist with German Jewish heritage cancels her exhibition in Germany after being questioned about signing her IG posts “Free Palestine” without “from Hamas” https://t.co/AuTWEwtkfm
Berlin attempted to make culture funding contingent on support for the controversial IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Last week, a boycott forced the city to back down. https://t.co/b6pqy9s7bV
Artist and musician Laurie Anderson said she would not take up a visiting professor position at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, amid scrutiny over her views on Palestine. https://t.co/3K198dE4RX