Boycott Manifests 10 in St. Petersburg?

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Dear friends !
I appeal to you as an artist , a member of the 1st Biennial European Manifesto (Rotterdam, 1996), and as a native of Ukraine. I think the situation does not need long explanations. My homeland was the object of a blatant , cynical military aggression by Russia of Putin's regime . Certainly St. Petersburg - a lovely town and Hermitage - one of the best museums in the world . However, the decision to spend 10 Manifesto ( 2014 ) in a country where freedom is being infringed artistic gesture in a country vozvedshego imperial chauvinism and obscurantism in the rank of a state ideology , was initially mistaken. Now this intention seems shameful . I ask you to support the people of Ukraine , leading a difficult fight for independence and the future of our country ! I appeal to the international artistic community to Boycott Manifesto -10 in St. Petersburg !

Yuri Leiderman , artist

Now , there are disputes about the boycott - someone "for", but there are "against".

Здесь collecting signatures on a petition for the abolition of the Biennale of Contemporary Art Manifesta 10 , 2014 in St. Petersburg , until Russian troops will be withdrawn from Ukraine.