[spectre] Ban russians from everywhere, even your daily life!!!

[heath bunting]

> 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