[spectre] Fwd: In solidarity with Ukraine: L'Internationale Online

[info at madatac.es]

Dear friends,

STATEMENT
MADATAC [1] [New Media Digital Audiovisual Art Festival] announces that 
its next 12th edition due in Madrid in November 2022, which call will be 
announced shortly, will be dedicated to Ukraine as the guest country.

On the other hand, Russia's brutal and unjustified military aggression 
and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, forces MADATAC to make the 
decision to join the international boycott and veto the participation of 
Russian art foundations and institutions, and every art community or 
cultural private or public organizations that supports Putin and 
Russia's genocide of the Ukrainian people, in MADATAC Festival for an 
unlimited time, as a measure of pressure to motivate them to rise up and 
rebel against the totalitarian and autocratic tyranny of the Kremlin 
that has endangered world peace.

On behalf of cultural organisations and institutions in Ukraine, we are 
asking for your solidarity and support. We call to boycott the Russian 
state now, until it completely withdraws from Ukraine and is held 
responsible for its war crimes:
  Suspend Russian participation in international cultural events such as 
festivals, biennials, exhibitions, art and literature fairs;
  Boycott events organised by Russian institutions as well as 
international foundations that are directly and indirectly linked to or 
funded by Putin's regime and Russian capital;
  Cancel any cooperation with Russian artists, no matter how great or 
famous, as long as they openly support Putin's regime, silence its 
crimes, or do not publicly and directly oppose it;
  Remove representatives affiliated with the Russian state or Russian 
capital from supervisory and advisory boards of your organisations;
  Refuse any donations, funding or sponsorship from Russian 
organisations, their proxies and affiliates based in other countries.

Today, the trope of 'the great Russian culture' is dangerous. Based on 
colonial and imperial legacy, it promotes aggression, exclusion, 
intolerance, and crimes against humanity.

Please help Ukraine by suspending any cultural cooperation with the 
Russian Federation and communicate your decision publicly to encourage 
your peers to follow your example.

We have the power to stop the bloodshed and war. Let's combine our 
efforts and end Russia's war on freedom, democratic values, truth, and 
the whole civilised world.boycott the Russian state

Ban russians from everywhere, even your daily life!!! Only then they 
will understand what their government does - a #Ukrainian [2] #genocide 
[3]

We ask as well that you sign these petitions:

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/es/stop_the_war_loc/?foBfTob&fbclid=IwAR3g97l7ztB_qGw79adDQrcScBi5HH7564jguJyPwnHZVx7oePtqxzS_uwI

https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/people-around-the-world-ask-nato-to-close-the-airspace-over-ukraine

El 2022-03-02 07:04, Andreas Broeckmann escribió:

> Betreff:     In solidarity with Ukraine: L'Internationale Online
> Datum:     Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:01:06 +0000
> Von:     e-flux <info at mailer.e-flux.com>
> 
> Never again war!
> 
> L'Internationale Online
> https://www.internationaleonline.org
> 
> To the art community,
> 
> As an international community engaged in contemporary art--museum
> professionals, artists, educators, curators, writers--L'Internationale
> urges everyone to immediately oppose the Russian army's invasion of
> Ukraine. This act of cruel aggression should be resisted with all the
> means at our disposal. We strongly believe that the war in Ukraine is
> a fight for freedom, for the future of democracy, the global legal
> order, and respect for human rights, including the right to
> self-determination. We caution everyone against ignoring this
> threat--for our friends in Ukraine, this war rightfully brings back
> tragic memories of the Second World War and the Nazi invasion.
> 
> The gravity of this situation requires appropriate measures to be
> taken. Apart from the full package of sanctions that were and will be
> imposed by the EU, we call for the artistic community to immediately
> cease any collaborations with institutions and individuals who have
> direct ties with Putin's regime and refuse to renounce their
> affiliation with it. This includes international projects,
> exhibitions, donations, and art sales. Russian participation in
> cultural gatherings such as biennales should be suspended and all the
> events organized by regime-related art foundations, institutions,
> galleries, and individuals boycotted. At the same time, we call for
> the international artistic community to support our comrades in both
> Ukraine and Russia who fight and protest against this act of
> aggression--by providing funds, resources, safe spaces, and visibility
> to their struggle.
> 
> We ask you to sign this petition
> 
> https://www.change.org/p/art-world-art-world-oppose-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine
> 
> to show your agreement with this letter and solidarity with Ukraine's
> struggle for freedom. Please let us know in the comments if you or
> your organizations are willing to support displaced Ukrainian artists
> or art workers, and in what ways you could do so.
> 
> With full conviction, we shout:
> *never again war, never again imperialism!*
> 
> L'Internationale Confederation
> 
> Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
> MSN, Warsaw
> MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
> M HKA, Antwerp
> Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
> Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
> HDK-Valand Academy of Arts and Design, Gothenburg
> National College of Art and Design, Dublin
> 
> ______________________________________________
> SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe
> Info, archive and help:
> http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre


Links:
------
[1] 
https://www.facebook.com/MADATAC/?__cft__[0]=AZW2xR180Q0dBojUOOyAaYHW-xola_88hrU8-kxuQUfOUqlSKkD8CcTlzA_zCTxem8gBAyvj5FAxCis5OTUiHqs321LLpcmx0zV5vyQSAG6wm9Efy2DaFI-sqgkTPMLu3vkfBHGGL2sh1kP8ysdr8_6nJLDvYIgZXyC7HUrDOfScHw&__tn__=kK-y-R
[2] 
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ukrainian?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUaxE1NMC_Nvma78dCP9_5uVGlHcaa6NDd9BjutS6r0BHlLzBcaTjk5GcVhsCUmViR5uMHJa25nODmhkQ76N0mJie-CuFRyGtlpjbgwkflbQAXC7rfvQdEAlvO1mkNUwfXvtzBRXklurh1lmuDLJwvxH77UZSf5oVo6Yb7Ju7r-kw&__tn__=*NK-R
[3] 
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/genocide?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUaxE1NMC_Nvma78dCP9_5uVGlHcaa6NDd9BjutS6r0BHlLzBcaTjk5GcVhsCUmViR5uMHJa25nODmhkQ76N0mJie-CuFRyGtlpjbgwkflbQAXC7rfvQdEAlvO1mkNUwfXvtzBRXklurh1lmuDLJwvxH77UZSf5oVo6Yb7Ju7r-kw&__tn__=*NK-R
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://post.in-mind.de/pipermail/spectre/attachments/20220302/10be1a37/attachment-0001.html>