Manick Govinda
head, artists' advisory services; producer, Artsadmin; vice chair, a-n The Artists Information Company
Manick Govinda is Head of Artists’ Advisory Services and a Producer for the east London based Artsadmin. He has worked with Turner Prize shortlisted artist Zarina Bhimji on her critically acclaimed films for Documenta 11 Out of Blue (2002) and Yellow Patch (2011), the centrepiece work for Bhimji’s retrospective show at Whitechapel Gallery (2012), and her recent film installation Jangbar (2012-15) which premiered at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in May 2015. He also produced three film works by the award-winning artist Zineb Sedira, and co-curated the Town Hall Hotel artworks in Bethnal Green, commissioning new works by Peter Liversidge, Debbie Lawson and Claire Morgan to name a few.
Manick was a member of the Mayor of London’s Cultural Strategy Group (2008-16) and is vice-chair of a-n The Artists’ Information Company. He is also a freelance writer and campaigner on free expression and on arts and immigration issues. Govinda is a fellow of the British American Project and a steering group member of the Manifesto Club, where he led the campaign against the UK government’s visa restrictions on non-EU artists and academics.
He is talking (chairing) at the Battle of Ideas in a personal capacity.
RELATED SESSIONS
Saturday 22 October, 10.00 Frobisher 1-3
Did Cathy come home? Homelessness today
Saturday 22 October, 16.00 Free Stage
Creepy Clowns: Horror, social media and urban myth
Monday 7 November, 19.30 Hellenic American Union, Massalias 22, 10680, Athens, Greece
What's the future for artistic freedom?
Tuesday 15 November, 21.30 Maus Hábitos, Rua Passos Manuel 178, 4º Piso, 4000-382 Porto, Portugal
Should there be limits to artistic freedom?
Wednesday 16 November, 18.30 Zé dos Bois Gallery, Rua da Barroca, 59 1200-047 Lisboa (Bairro Alto), Portugal
Arts Attacks: How can we defend culture?