[spectre] Ban russians from everywhere, even your daily life!!!
heath bunting
heathbunting at irational.org
Wed Mar 2 12:21:08 CET 2022
> MADATAC [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.
are ethnic russian ukrainian citizens eligible to apply ?
> 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.
is it wise for an arts organisation to 'force' and 'pressure' artist's to
rise up against a nation state ?
> 🚫 Suspend Russian participation in international cultural events such
> as festivals, biennials, exhibitions, art and literature fairs;
my belief is that artist co-operation is a moderating influence on conflict and war
and artists within the imperium should be embracing russian artists more than ever
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