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

[Dragana Zarevac]

This is really sick. As a Serbian artist who was harassed during the 90s in
Paris just for being Serbian, I can assure you that such a boycott resolves
nothing and that by making problems to Russian culture workers is not going
to help stop any war. Please think twice before you put to work this stupid
decision.
Dragana Zarevac



*From:* SPECTRE [mailto:spectre-bounces at mikrolisten.de] *On Behalf Of *
info at madatac.es
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 02, 2022 11:44 AM
*To:* Andreas Broeckmann
*Cc:* spectre
*Subject:* Re: [spectre] Fwd: In solidarity with Ukraine: L'Internationale
Online



Dear friends,





STATEMENT

MADATAC
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[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:

[image: Description: 🚫]Suspend Russian participation in international
cultural events such as festivals, biennials, exhibitions, art and
literature fairs;

[image: Description: 🚫]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;

[image: Description: 🚫]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;

[image: Description: 🚫]Remove representatives affiliated with the Russian
state or Russian capital from supervisory and advisory boards of your
organisations;

[image: Description: 🚫]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
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#genocide
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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

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