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SUMMARY:Pavel Krisevich: Russian Activist Prison Art
DTSTAMP:20260521T203739Z
DTSTART:20260619T180000Z
DESCRIPTION:After initially being denied entry by the Dutch government\, De
	 Balie is pleased\nto welcome Pavel Krisevich. Artist Pavel Krisevich was 
	held in Russia’s prison\nsystem for 3\,5 years after staging performance a
	rt in support of political\nprisoners in Russia. Last year\, Krisevich was
	 released and will now speak at De\nBalie.\n\nThe performance art of Pavel
	 Krisevich is as spectacular as it is fearless. He\ntied himself to a larg
	e cross like a Jesus figure in front of the headquarters\nof the FSB\, Rus
	sia’s secret service\, with a burning bonfire of files of\npolitical priso
	ners beneath him. In 2021\, Krisevich staged a suicide on Red\nSquare in M
	oscow to draw attention to the abominable situation of political\nprisoner
	s in Russia. It earned him a five-year prison sentence. From his cell\,\nK
	risevich bravely continued making art\; using his own blood as material\, 
	he\nportrayed the bleak life in prison. Work from this series was previous
	ly shown\nat De Balie during the exhibition Artists Against the Kremlin.\n
	\nAt De Balie\, Krisevich will speak about the power of art as resistance 
	against\nan all-dominating system. He is joined by journalist Paul Alexand
	er\, whose new\nbook ‘Bloed\, as en tandpasta’ portrays the life of politi
	cal prisoners in\nRussia’s penal system through Krisevich’s prison art. Ho
	w does the current\nprison system resemble the Soviet Camps? And what driv
	es the political prisoners\nin their virtually hopeless struggle against a
	n all-powerful regime?
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pavel-krisevich-russian-activist-prison
	-art
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,exhibition,geopolitiek & mensenrechten,i
	dee & verbeelding,leidseplein,performance
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>After initially being denied entry 
	by the Dutch government, De Balie is pleased to welcome Pavel Krisevich. A
	rtist Pavel Krisevich was held in Russia’s prison system for 3,5 years aft
	er staging performance art in support of political prisoners in Russia. La
	st year, Krisevich was released and will now speak at De Balie.</strong></
	p> <p>The performance art of Pavel Krisevich is as spectacular as it is fe
	arless. He tied himself to a large cross like a Jesus figure in front of t
	he headquarters of the FSB, Russia’s secret service, with a burning bonfir
	e of files of political prisoners beneath him. In 2021, Krisevich staged a
	 suicide on Red Square in Moscow to draw attention to the abominable situa
	tion of political prisoners in Russia. It earned him a five-year prison se
	ntence. From his cell, Krisevich bravely continued making art; using his o
	wn blood as material, he portrayed the bleak life in prison. Work from thi
	s series was previously shown at De Balie during the exhibition <em>Artist
	s Against the Kremlin</em>.</p> <p>At De Balie, Krisevich will speak about
	 the power of art as resistance against an all-dominating system. He is jo
	ined by journalist Paul Alexander, whose new book ‘Bloed, as en tandpasta’
	 portrays the life of political prisoners in Russia’s penal system through
	 Krisevich’s prison art. How does the current prison system resemble the S
	oviet Camps? And what drives the political prisoners in their virtually ho
	peless struggle against an all-powerful regime?</p>
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