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"Dick" on the Red Square...
Presidential campaign in a muzzle...
Destroying Russian Orthodox icons...
Jerking off in the biggest outdoor pool in the world.
Actions that will change my life.
Introduction: What is Moscow actionism?
Moscow actionism is a radical art form created by a group of Moscow artists in the 1990s.
Actionism’s brutality and the traumatic consequences of Soviet collapse go hand in hand; one does not exist without the other. It was a reaction to entering the decade of the new Russian capitalism and commercialization. As Anatoly Osmolovsky wrote, "Is Moscow radical art an art of trash? Partly yes. To the same extent as it avoids being intellectual and [critically reflective].”...