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SUMMARY:Preserving the past\, fighting erasure
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DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, Russia has systematically dismantled the inst
	itutions that\npreserve histories and memories that challenge the official
	 state narrative.\nThis evening\, together with memory studies scholars\, 
	former Soviet dissidents\,\nand artists\, we explore the mechanisms and mo
	tivations behind both erasure and\nremembrance. How can the past be preser
	ved when a regime seeks to suppress it?\nHow do we remember collectively a
	gainst all odds\, and why does that matter?\n\nThe systematic erasure of m
	emory has become a defining feature of Russia’s\npolitical landscape. The 
	past year alone has provided striking examples of this\nalarming trend. Th
	e Gulag History Museum in Moscow\, one of the country’s most\nimportant in
	stitutions documenting Soviet political repression\, was forced to\nclose.
	 Memorial\, one of Russia’s oldest organisations dedicated to documenting\
	nstate violence and preserving historical memory\, was labelled an extremi
	st\norganisation. Neither was punished for promoting violence\, but for re
	membering\nit.\n\nThe exhibition Artists Against the Kremlin and its new e
	dition\, Memory Remains\,\nis on view at De Balie from 14 August\, is itse
	lf an act of remembrance. Through\nthe work of artists forced into exile\,
	 silenced\, or persecuted\, it preserves the\nmemory of resistance and ens
	ures it remains part of our shared history. The\ncurators and participatin
	g artists refuse to forget—and they refuse silence\,\noften at great perso
	nal cost\, risking their freedom and\, in some cases\, their\nlives.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/preserving-the-past-fighting-erasure
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,exhibition,geopolitiek & mensenrechten,leidsep
	lein
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>In recent years, Russia has systema
	tically dismantled the institutions that preserve histories and memories t
	hat challenge the official state narrative. This evening, together with me
	mory studies scholars, former Soviet dissidents, and artists, we explore t
	he mechanisms and motivations behind both erasure and remembrance. How can
	 the past be preserved when a regime seeks to suppress it? How do we remem
	ber collectively against all odds, and why does that matter?</strong></p> 
	<p>The systematic erasure of memory has become a defining feature of Russi
	a’s political landscape. The past year alone has provided striking example
	s of this alarming trend. The Gulag History Museum in Moscow, one of the c
	ountry’s most important institutions documenting Soviet political repressi
	on, was forced to close. Memorial, one of Russia’s oldest organisations de
	dicated to documenting state violence and preserving historical memory, wa
	s labelled an extremist organisation. Neither was punished for promoting v
	iolence, but for remembering it.</p> <p>The exhibition Artists Against the
	 Kremlin and its new edition, Memory Remains, is on view at De Balie from 
	14 August, is itself an act of remembrance. Through the work of artists fo
	rced into exile, silenced, or persecuted, it preserves the memory of resis
	tance and ensures it remains part of our shared history. The curators and 
	participating artists refuse to forget—and they refuse silence, often at g
	reat personal cost, risking their freedom and, in some cases, their lives.
	</p>
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