The Völklingen Ironworks flooded in red light
Copyright: Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte | Oliver Dietze

RIOTDAYS | Pussy Riot in Concert
28 May 2022, 20 Uhr

Blower hall

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Copyright: Denis Sinyakov

When you hear the name of the punk band "Pussy Riot", you immediately have images in your head. Sees neon-coloured knitted masks and wild contortions, hears shrill sounds. In February 2012, three members of the feminist art-performance collective are arrested after protesting against Putin in the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow in colourful stocking masks with a punk prayer for freedom.

The video went around the world and wrote itself into the collective memory. Because a short action, less than a minute long, becomes an art and protest format that has an impact far beyond Russia.

As part of a European tour, Pussy Riot will perform a concert followed by a discussion about art, criticism and resistance in the exhibition "The World of Music Video", which shows this very performance video.

20.00 Concert with Pussy Riot
followed by a discussion with the performers about art, criticism and resistance.

The event will be held in English.
The organisers are the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit and the Villa Lessing - Liberals Stiftung Saar.

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