The state’s new arts minister Ben Franklin has criticised the Sydney Festival boycott now affecting dozens of events, saying it risks silencing diverse voices and important perspectives | LindaMorrissmh
, the work controversially sponsored by the Israeli embassy, the minister posted on social media that he had significant concerns “about trying to shut down specific creative voices simply on account of their nationality”.“Imposing censorship of this kind risks silencing important messages from a broad range of perspectives.”boycott was announced in November
The boycott has grown in recent days to include comedian Judith Lucy, and Maeve Marsden, the director ofHaving wrestled with her decision, Lucy said she was mystified by the behaviour of the Sydney Festival board “particularly their sponsorship deal with the Israeli embassy but also leaving their artists in the shit”.Offering an apology to disappointed ticket holders Lucy said artists would be condemned whatever position they took.
“It was an extraordinary work, I’ve never seen anything quite like it. It was raw, passionate and visceral and deeply moving,” Mr Franklin told this masthead on Monday.
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