At the Manifesto Club we strongly support the freedom of artists, musicians and academics to collaborate around the world without petty restrictions, unnecessary bureaucracy and cultural limits.
That’s why today we are launching a new campaign and petition – against new (UK) Home Office restrictions on non-EU artists and academics visiting the UK for talks, exhibitions, concerts or artists’ residencies.
Visitors now have to submit to a series of arduous and expensive procedures to get their visa, and then more bureaucratic controls when they are in the UK. These restrictions, introduced last November, have already resulted in the cancellation of a number of high-profile events by visiting artists and performers.
See the campaign homepage to read more about this legislation, or to submit your own testimonies or statements of support.
The campaign is coordinated by Manifesto Club member and arts advisor at Artsadmin, Manick Govinda – and has already won the support of individuals including the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Sandy Nairne, artist Antony Gormley, Nicholas Hytner of the Royal National Theatre and Jude Kelly, artistic director at the South Bank Centre.
The petition was launched yesterday as a Letter to the Editor in the (UK) Observer newspaper, and reported in this news report.
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