Ai WeiWei, Pussy Riot and the Power of Punk Art: An Interview with James Panero
"In the case, recently, of Ai WeiWei and Pussy Riot…what differentiates this new form of political art? I realized that they have a punk aesthetic," says James Panero, Managing Editor of New Criterion, to Reason TV's Kennedy.
The protest art created by the Chinese artist and the all-female Russian perforamnce art collective bear the idioms of punk as well as it's defiant anti-authoritarian streak, according to Panero. He believes their art is "having a real effect" as the "conscience of reform" against the authoritarian governments under which they live.
About 4.33 minutes.
Produced by Anthony L. Fisher. Camera by Jim Epstein and Fisher.
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Fuck Pussy Riot. Even as an avowed agnostic I can see how the Russian Orthodox church, the congregation of this church, and Russians in general would have no sympathy for these fucking twits who decided to take a proverbial shit inside their most holy place. They did the crime, they can do the time.
[facepalm]
So you support blasphemy laws and hate crime laws? Well then, fuck you. They were trespassing, but were charged with “premeditated hooliganism performed by an organized group of people motivated by religious hatred or hostility”, which could lead to prison sentences of up to seven years. That’s what you support, asshole.
The Russian Orthodox Church works hand-in-hand with the Russian gangster government.
They – the Church and State – shook down local businesses big time to rebuild the church after the Commies destroyed it.
And if Ted Nugent did that to Rev. Wright’s church, he’d have been charged with a hate crime
Ai WeiWei’s oeuvre is more Conceptual than it is Punk.
Punx hate concepts.
(I have no sound to the vid so I’ll watch it at home).
Yes, it’s really true.
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I just love how every time there’s a new development in this story, the assholes on NPR have to utter the words “pussy riot”