Professional meet-up #2
With Sanchit Saluja
5 December 2023, 10am – 12pm CET (9-11am Lisbon time)
Online
Registration email: cooperation@aa-e.org

In Ex(ile) Lab is a two-year laboratory that aims to support artists in exile who have recently relocated and are looking to build a career in their host country, by providing opportunities to create a performance, build a professional network, be artistically advised by established artists based in Europe and reach new audiences within the European space. By doing so, the project will provide a framework for cultural organisations to rethink their practices and adapt their tools to the needs of artists in exile. In Ex(ile) Lab brings together cultural organisations based in Cyprus, France, Italy and Portugal. Acesso Cultura | Access Culture is an associated partner.

This second meet-up is aimed at giving cultural professionals and artists an understanding of an artist’s rights’ to express themselves. It will give a general and easily accessible overview of the legal framework to protect their freedom of artistic expression which can be under attack both in their home and host countries.

During the session, we will try to address the following questions and will rely on specifi cases to do so :

  • Is there such a notion as “freedom of artistic expression” in international and European law, or is the artistic expression encompassed in the term “freedom of expression”?
  • To what extent is an artist’s right to freedom of expression protected?
  • Under what circumstances can the state lawfully interfere with the exercise of this right?
  • Censorship by state and non-state actors.
  • Navigating self-censorship by artists – what is the “chilling effect” of certain laws and measures on freedom of expression?
  • What can artists do if they are facing interference with their freedom of expression?

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Sanchit Saluja is Programme Manager at Avant-Garde Lawyers (AGL), an international legal organisation that works to ensure that artists can imagine and create freely. Prior to managing case work at AGL, he has worked in the domain of artistic freedom on research and advocacy projects for artists in situations of increased vulnerability. Sanchit is a graduate in Law and Arts from the National Law University in New Delhi and a Master in Cultural Policy from Sciences Po, Paris.