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Amrita Nanda
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The Art of Resistance: ‘Monstrations’ represent annual absurdist protests by Russia’s young people
To subvert and critique detentions for anti-government slogans, a Russian artist began ‘meaningless’ protests, Monstrations, that are apparently about nothing.
Amrita Nanda
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The Art of Resistance: This silent dance in Frankfurt is a protest against a Good Friday dance ban
Every year, protestors contest a law that bans dancing in public on Good Friday across Germany.
Amrita Nanda
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The Art of Resistance: Katrin Nenasheva makes viewers experience injustice through performance art
In the face of regular suppression of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, this performance artist attempts to ‘translate the voices of people who are invisible’
Amrita Nanda
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