Boycott Winery!
Cree campaign against the exploitation of and discrimination against women
Prize-giving ceremony "moral support", which took place on June 2 Winzavod, could not be better demonstrated how relevant today slogan "Society tolerates - the rapist does."
It is with this motto in early May, we went out to protest against violence against women and permissive attitude towards them from the power of the court and the church, against the silence of the problem in society. We recall that on 29 April, one of the most "fashionable and promising" young artists in Moscow, St. Petersburg - Ilya Trushevskiy - along with her boyfriend beat and raped a 17-year-old student at MSU.
Now, after the commissioner of the Nashi movement of young and talented rapist officially stood up by the representatives of the well-known picture "Winery". As part of the award ceremony "Companion" 2010 representative of the winery, using the right host, presented the prize of "moral support" Artem Loskutov, Jan Pischikovu, curator Andrei Erofeev and ... Ilya Trushevskiy.
In one series of crime Trushevsky were put things artists who are persecuted for social activity and a lack of loyalty to the authorities or the shocking things, from which no one was hurt. As if it does not matter what is committed, the only important thing anyone!
The site appeared Winery appeal to art-community "to be companions on a professional field, as well as" a civilized discussion about any, including the complex in terms of morality issues. " "Civilized discussion" representatives "Winery" offer to replace the struggle against violence, and the genuine solidarity of colleagues and associates "to replace the mutual responsibility, help the criminals to go unpunished.
We call on all the left and trade unions, representatives of the art community, feminists and feminists, LGBT activists and all indifferent to boycott the winery and to organize actions against violence against women and justification for this violence society.
Our protest is supported by more than a hundred different people, including artists, galleristov and feminists. At an open letter responding and founders of the prize "Companion", stating that it "has no relation to the prize of" moral support ", organized by the winery." Responded and one of the winners - Artem Loskutov: "Award was presented to me nobody, I'm in Novosibirsk, and about all of this garbage has learned from the Internet only. 1912 will be in Moscow on picket probably will come "
The whole week will pass the boycott campaign: distributing leaflets, putting up stickers, pickets. If you're willing to take part - get in touch!
Evening of 12 June we plan to organize a picket Vinzavod to inform visitors about the sexist, patriarchal position of leadership center and its support of violence against women.
We intend to continue the boycott campaign for as long as the "winery" is not officially released a statement which denies Trushevskiy moral support.
Update as of June 7:
Artem Loskutov wrote a more detailed commentary, which has expressed its position very blurry, but chided the organizers of the protest for "scaling up" of the situation. Open condemnation of the founders of the award "moral support" Artem considered pointless occupation. And then he chided colleagues in the lack of initiative in another issue - the issue of ships with the ROC, accusing the artists of "blasphemy and sacrilege." Should we understand this as a call to do more serious things than a protest against the awarding of the rapist - it is not known.
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Andrei Erofeev, in an interview with the editors of the site "demagogy" declined to comment on the fact of entering into one company with the alleged abuser.
Site Vinzavod appeared an official statement Sophia Trotsenko, head of the Center for Contemporary Art "Winery". The meaning of the statement is reduced to that list of names of "worthy" prize "moral support" was compiled by Nicholas Palazhchenko employee. But also the "Winery", though "condemns violence in all its forms, but urged" not to rush to conclusions and be more tolerant of their friends and colleagues. "
Thus, in his statement, representatives Vinzavod let in more accurate form than before, but repeated all the same idea about the necessity of mutual responsibility among artists. "Winery" calls "the separation of creativity and that goes beyond its limits, but the prize" moral support ", obviously, was awarded Trushevskiy not for artistic merit. If the "Winery" in the words of Nicholas Palazhchenko, "the artist and his professional activities perceived separately from the circumstances of his personal conduct and actions, no matter how objectionable or debatable, from a moral point of view they were not, then neither of which award" moral support " there would be no speeches.
Also affects the cynicism Nicholas Palazhchenko. In his own journal on May 2, he wrote: "Tell me someone why, when a clinical idiot Tpyshevcky denounced by Turgenev unfamiliar young men got into menturu for having sex with a drunk in the trash chick who herself had come to him (the guy is cute, many girls want him meet), this is a terrible howl of condemnation. Maybe it's just envy disguised under moralizing? Of course extramarital sex is wrong, but still a personal matter for each and every one. And if that judge can be many things to tell a lot about someone. " Rape is declared "sex", "private matter", and shifted the blame for rape on a woman. Protecting the perpetrator Trushevsky Nicholas Palazhchenko is not a formal and casual. A month later, Nicholas Palazhchenko on behalf of the Winery will present the prize Trushevskiy and even after the noise will continue to claim that "the list" winners "I was only on formal grounds, the grounds of which he has set for himself earlier that e.on found that perfect trinket, and violence There's nothing to criticize.
Action on June 12
The action called for a boycott gallery Winzavod held on June 12. Despite the resistance of municipal officials failed to agree on our picket implement his plan was quite successful. Two pickets: for Syromyatnicheskiy lane and at the main entrance to the winery, actively distributing leaflets around the gallery and on its territory and awarding the prize "for immoral support" made a strong impression on visitors Vinzavod and allowed us to clearly voice their positions.
Nameless artists
This week on the walls and advertising signs odious Vinzavod appeared swatches nonprofit work. Stencil graffiti "boycott Winery!" Were decorated tunnels and passageways leading to the gallery. Thus the anonymous artists supported our protest.
Boycott Winery!
For the "Winery" intercedes Center "E"
Anton Loskutov came to an interesting paper from the center of countering extremism. Center "E" level the participation in the picket, boycott the center of contemporary art "winery" with ... provoking riots and attempts to prevent this.
Boycott Winery!
Open appeal to the Founders Award "Companion"
Dear Anton Litvin and the Reuther Faith!
You are the founders of the award "Companion", in which 2 June, the representative Winery awarded the prize "moral support" Ilya Trushevskiy that April 29 was raped by seventeen-year student at MSU, and then mocked her in his blog.
We appeal to you as to the organizers, who admitted on his event, public justification, and even encourage violence against women.
In his address, you state that the award "Companion" "indicates an objective picture of Russian contemporary art" - in this case would have to admit that modern art sided reactionary patriarchal morality and shows criminal indifference to the acute social problems, and the rewards justify the abuse of woman.
However, how covers Ilia Trushevsky Winery, we view as a striking example of the very frank and cynical influence of commercial interest in the art gallery owners (and socio-political) situation - that is, just that against what you verbally actively supports.
We encourage you to openly and publicly condemn the actions Winery when awarding the prize went by without your knowledge or against your will. Otherwise, we will conduct a campaign exposing the hypocrisy of the declared principles and showing you how you publicly provided moral support for violence against women.
We invite you to support our boycott campaign, or whether it will be directed against you - in such a situation, every public figure should openly declare its position and take full responsibility for it.
The reaction of the Faith Reuter
"My name is Vera and I am Reuter pravonaslednikom (as my mother, Olga Lopukhov was cofounder) award associates. I officially declare that the award COLLEAGUES has no relation to the award "moral support", organized by the Winery "
Reaction Anton Litvin
"I am officially on Wednesday at a ceremony COLLEAGUES announced that the speech and actions Palazhchenko were not agreed with me and sanctioned by the organizers of the ceremony. With all that said Palazhchenko do not have to award COLLEAGUES irrelevant. There has been a flagrant violation of the rules "
Open letter to Artem Loskutov, Jan Pischikovu, Andrei Erofeev
June 2, at a ceremony of awarding winners of soratniki, a representative of Center for Contemporary Art "Winery" handed to you and Ilya Trushevskiy special prize of "moral support".
Ilya Trushevskiy April 29 raped 17-year old girl, but instead of condemning the site appears Winery appeal to art-community "to be companions on a professional field, as well as" a civilized discussion about any, including the complex in terms of morality issues " . "Civilized discussion" they call the justification of violence, and the word "associates" - mutual responsibility, help the criminals to go unpunished.
Winery, so after the Commissioner of the Nashi movement supported violence against women and that the patriarchal morality, which it justifies the violence and fuels.
The case of artists who are persecuted for social activity and a lack of loyalty or shocking things, from which no one was hurt, hypocritically equated with rape, placed him on one line. According to the plan holders Winery, sympathy for innocent prisoners should turn out at the same time and compassion to all convicted artists - as if it does not matter that it was committed, the only important thing anybody.
Millions of women every day suffer from sexism, discrimination, domestic and sexual violence, which more or less explicitly supported the state, church, and now and cultural figures.
We urge you to reject this shameful "prize", to condemn the action and Winery to support the boycott campaign, which runs through until Winery is not formally issued a statement which denies Trushevskiy moral support.
Reaction Artem Loskutov
"Prize was presented to me no, I'm in Novosibirsk and about all of this garbage has learned from the Internet only. 1912 will be in Moscow on picket probably will come "
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Support the initiative of the CWI has already had a well-known cultural figures, in particular, the deputy editor of the famous site OpenSpace Gleb Morev, painters Andrey Sobolev, Dmitry Babenko and Mary Trusov, gallerist Elena Xiangqi, a former publicist Vladimir Golyshev left wing activist Pavel Arseniev, a sociologist Irina Kosterina and other notes Liberty.ru.
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