“After the formation officers may leave the area”: Eine neue Intervention aus Russland – dokumentiert von Radya.
17. 7. 2012
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“We want a world revolution, carried out by the artistic means and without any victim”: Interview mit der russischen Voina-Gruppe
“Mordovian Hour (Cat throwing in MacDonalds)”, 2007
Für das Buchprojekt “Art & Agenda” habe ich letztzes Jahr ein Interview mit der russischen Voina-Gruppe geführt – es wurde nie veröffentlicht und ich habe es nach Aufräumarbeiten erst jetzt wieder gefunden. Befragt wurde die gesamte Gruppe: Oleg Vorotnikov (alias “Vor” – the chief ideologist), Natalia Sokol (alias “Kozlyenok” – the chief coordinator), Leonid Nikolayev (alias Crazy Lenya) und Alex Plutser-Sarno (the chief media artist).
Alain Bieber: Your name means „war“. Against what and who are you in war?
Alexei Plutser-Sarno: We are in war with the glamorous timeserving conformist art-market, which reproduces art-rubbish that is badly behind the times. The galleries and catalogues are choked up with it.
Oleg Vorotnikov: We create a new left-wing art front, somehow reminiscent of the revolutionary art of the 1910 – 1920s. With the very fact of our existence in this radical left-wing front, we are shifting all the ideological poles of the art world and the political space as well. The radical right-wing essence of the rest of the contemporary Russian art becomes evident against the background of the Voina art-group.
Kozlyenok: The weakness of the so-called “opposition” movements in Russia becomes evident too.
Alexei Plutser-Sarno: Of course, there are artists of integrity. For example, Andrey Monastirsky or Hermann Nitsch. Their actions were crystal honest. Such people are few and far between.
Kozlyenok: But the Voina art-group is not just honest. It breathes a new life into the real political protest art in the whole world.
Alexei Plutser-Sarno: And, of course, we make war on the socio-political obscurantism and the right-wing reaction. We ideologically exterminate the obsolete patriarchal-repressive socio-political symbols and ideologies.
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5. 7. 2012
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Partizaning: “Guerilla Interventionen”
“Crosswalks”: Two zebra crossings appeared near Kievskaya metro station and directly next to the Ecoloft commune on Pyatnitskaya street. We were silly, and didn’t film pedestrians who ran in the the road before. But, more importantly, they can now safely cross. White stripes are subtly different from the official ones, but appearing handmade only emphasizes the main message: do it yourself. I want to draw attention to the fact that the sign is also handmade too.
“Benches”: Four knocked up, orange-painted benches are now installed in different locations in the city. The text on the label reads: “This bench was made by citizens for citizens. Nobody has paid us for it and we are not advertising anything. This city belongs to its residents and we can do it better ourselves, with our own hands.” And a postscript: “Use it for your health. Made with quality materials, colored, but not soil. In the process of making money was spent solely on the boards, paint, kefir and cakes.” The mysterious and absurd fate of one of the benches was highlighted on the blog of a popular radio station, Echo of Moscow. For some reason, the bench was roughly re-painted gray. Who and why remains a mystery, but the assumption is that it was painted by yardmen because the orange color is associated with the revolution in Ukraine.
“Cycling road signs”: For the last two years we (in our side project USE/LESS) we have been promoting cycling in Moscow by making cycling maps, markups and signs on the streets where it’s most comfort and safe to cycle. Maroseyka street where these signs were installed is one of the busiest bicycle routes in downtown of Moscow. Participants of Partizaning are spending a lot of time and effort so that one day everyone can safely and comfortably ride through the city on bike.
“Drunk Pedestrians”: Installed outside of the Moscow nightclub Solyanka, the most popular hipster hangout in the city, the sign is both practical and funny. It warns drivers to watch out for drunken pedestrians who fill the streets after a long night of partying. It also comments on the increasingly excessive lifestyles and hedonistic consumption in the city, as well as on the drinking problem, which is rampant in Russia.
Selbstgemalte Zebrastreifen, gefälschte Straßenschilder, selbstgebaute Bänke: Interventionen aus dem Umfeld des Kollektivs Partizaning in Russland. Via: Mail
3. 1. 2012
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Voina: “Cop’s auto-da-fe, or Fucking Prometheus”
Die russische Voina-Gruppe zündelt wieder: “On December 31, 2011 at 23:25 Voina activists climbed over the fence to the yard of the police station №71 in St. Petersburg to hold an auto-da-fe for a police prisoner transport truck. The prison-on-wheels was set on fire with Molotov cocktails and totally burned down. Oleg Vorotnikov, Leonid Nikolayev, Natalia Sokol and other activists took part in the action. Cops didn’t succeed in arresting any of them. Alexei Plutser-Sarno’s statement: “Dear Russians, this action is a modest gift to all of you from the Voina Group. It’s a gift to all political prisoners of Russia: Philip Kostenko, Sergei Udaltsov, Taisia Osipova, Sergei Mokhnatkin, Vladimir Bukovsky and many others. We dedicate this action to the deceased heroic political prisoners Sergei Magnitsky, Anatoly Marchenko, Kronid Lyubarsky, Alexander Ginzburg, Andrei Sinyavsky, Yuri Galanskov, Yuli Daniel. Let’s destroy all prisons! Freedom to all political prisoners! Feds don’t fuck us – we fuck feds! Happy New Year, comrades!” Via: Mail
17. 3. 2011
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Andreas Neumann: “Russland”-Serie
Nach der “Heimzone” von Andreas Neumann gibt´s hier noch ein paar Bilder aus der “Russland”-Serie. Via: Mail, thx!
6. 3. 2011
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Polizistinnen knutschen!
Schöne Aktion in Russland – aber es war nicht Voina. “We make massive, monumental art. Besides, it’s obvious that the Voina Group would never kiss policemen. We prefer to fuck them with our 65-meter-Dick!” Via
3. 3. 2011
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Voina: Oleg Vorotnikov & Leonid Nikolayev sind frei!
Foto: Vladimir Telegin
Seit dem 24. Februar sind Oleg Vorotnikov und Leonid Nikolaev von der russischen Voina-Gruppe (vgl. auch hier/hier) wieder auf freien Fuß – die Kaution (10.000 Dollar pro Künstler) hatte Banksy mit dem Verkauf einiger Arbeiten übernommen – und bedanken sich: “Dear friends, the Voina Group would like to thank you all for your support and help. Without your media coverage Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev wouldn’t have any chance to be released. Today is their second day at large. But the charges against the artists still stand. The trial will be held soon. Again we can’t thank you enough for your every effort.” Via: Mail
14. 2. 2011
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Watchlist: Radya
“Your move. There is one thing – the only one to be totally sure about: everything will eventually disappear. The city, the streets, the buildings, even we ourselves and our children. The time will pass and the piers of this grand bridge will go shaky, fall down, fold as domino row. This basically means, if things are not eternal – and there are no eternal things – we can change them as we want. Everyone has something unshakable, unchangeable, but it is not true. Last move is always yours.”
“Red Square. In the morning we painted the place where the house use to be in red. It was dark and paint looked orange, but as soon as the sun rose, it tuned out scary – it looked like blood. The new glass house-on-the-blood of an old one. It became clear a long time ago that no one is going to rebuild anything, but we must not forget about that. This is a game – the officials are afraid of public attention. Similar stories have repeated many times, and the faster and more effectively we act, the greater the chance of success.”
Radya aus Russland: “I’m interested in in street art, photography and journalism.” Via
25. 7. 2010
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Voina Group: “How to snatch chicken”
Und wieder eine neue Aktion der russischen Voina Group: “Voina DIY Handbook. Section 1. How to snatch chicken. The tale of how one Cunt fed the whole of the group Voina. Activist of the group Voina named Vacuous Cunt With Inconceivably Huge Tits steals a chicken from a supermarket by hiding it in her vagina. At the same time The Voina Activists, assisting Cunt, show the CCTV cameras and security guards their motto. FUCK WHORING YOURSELF! declares the Voina motto.” Mehr Bilder hier, siehe auch: “Kakerlaken im Gericht” und die “Penis-Brücke” in St. Petersburg. Via: Mail, danke Eugen!
