After Dark: Boycott

Join us for the 2023 edition of After Dark at the Justice & Police Museum. Guest speakers, artists, performers and filmmakers will delve into diverse subjects that shape our past, present and future.

This thought-provoking, adults-only experience will explore contemporary themes and bring to light historical cases, characters and issues. The program will feature talks, performances, interactive experiences, an onsite bar and after-hours access to the museum.

The recent phenomenon of cancel culture or call-out culture has risen to prominence with Gen Z. Cancel culture is a form of cultural boycotting and calling for accountability of persons, organisations or events where behaviour is deemed to have been offensive or to have created an imbalance of power.

In the Australian context, this was seen recently through the vandalism of statues of historical figures such as Captain James Cook, calling them out for the colonisation of Australia and for the lack of recognition of First Nations peoples.

Is cancel culture and subsequent social ostracisation a radical form of implementing social justice? Or a biased form of censorship in a capitalistic society? Our panel of experts will explore these questions and more as we delve into the concepts of cancel culture, censorship, freedom of expression and navigating history in a modern-day context.

After Dark is supported by Create NSW as part of Culture Up Late.