March 16, 2017

"How did people react to your protest to the Pussy Riot trial, when you stood in front of a church, your lips sewn shut?"

"The passersby were interested in the performance, and wanted to understand what was going on. No one was aggressive; no one wanted to attack me. That shows how open people are to absorbing what they are shown, and what artists are trying to express."

12 comments:

buwaya said...

A mad eccentric attaching himself to an ideological movement.
Quite a thing in Russia, historically.
Even the self-mutilation is historical.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoptsy

fivewheels said...

Hot Russian jailer at the link is clearly a Laslo character waiting to happen.

traditionalguy said...

Russian soul is a long suffering soul. It's an Orthodox thing.

YoungHegelian said...

Russians play for keeps. Even their performance artists play for keeps.

C'mon, admit it. There's not one guy reading this whose 'nads didn't hurt a little when you read the part about the guy nailing his scrotum to the wall. Gives new meaning to the phrase "balls to the wall".

David said...

this is interesting enough to comment on, but I really don't know what to say.

Laslo Spatula said...

David said...
"this is interesting enough to comment on, but I really don't know what to say."

Dig deeper, man, dig deeper!

I am Laslo.

MaxedOutMama said...

If one's lips are sewn shut, it generally impedes conversation with passersby? Won't read the article - I'm fed up with this sort of thing.

Achilles said...

This guy is dealing with real issues and real oppression. I have respect for what he is doing.

Hammond X. Gritzkofe said...

Dude! Get a life.

bagoh20 said...

Passersby = people on their way to do real things, needed things, things that help someone: work, gathering, earning, delivering. If you want to suffer for others, maybe pick something up and DO something. Sweat, get dirty, let your self-absorption disappear in the smoke of action, and the dust of change by actually making something better. Pick up the damned trash.

bagoh20 said...

I'm not critiquing this particular guy or his issue, but the whole art as social protest, especially the performance type is getting old. It usually comes from a place of how can I get them to look at me, talk about me, tell me I'm noble.

David said...

Lazlo, you are probably right. Too lazy to deal with it. Or perhaps not wanting to. Based on the photo, it's unsurprising that nobody acted aggressively towards him. This is a guy who nailed himself to a wall by his scrotum. Right now I am whimpering over a bad case of jock itch.