Artists say Putin’s push for patriotism is killing Russian culture (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Russian musicians, actors, writers and others who oppose the war are being exiled, while Putin compels artists remaining in Russia to demonstrate allegiance.

Not even the famed Bolshoi Theater has been spared President Vladimir Putin’s wartime push for Russian culture to prioritize patriotism over artistic freedom.

Several Bolshoi stars have fled the country. The theater no long tours in Europe and America. And its longtime director resigned last year and was replaced with a staunch Putin loyalist, after publicly admitting that its repertoire was censored to remove works by directors or choreographers who criticized the Ukraine invasion.

The Bolshoi is hardly the only iconic Russian institution under pressure. The longtime directors of Moscow’s Tretyakov and Pushkin fine art museums were also replaced.

Musicians, actors and writers who oppose the war are being hounded into exile or driven underground — while artists remaining in Russia are compelled by the government to echo a new nationalist zeal in their work. Those who actively voice support for the war are rewarded with fame and fortune. Movies or music glorifying the army or upholding patriotic values receive hefty government subsidies.

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[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 10:13 next collapse
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[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 10:57 next collapse

Who would’ve guessed? It’s really sad seeing russian artists I follow either flee the country or stop posting.

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 11:33 next collapse

That and you know, being a war tyrant dictator

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 12:13 next collapse

That’s how we lost the possibility of a Metro 2033 film

[email protected] on 01 Aug 2024 05:37 collapse

We didn’t lost a possibility on Metro 2033 itself though, if you know what I mean

(I mean Russia literally becoming Metro 2033)

[email protected] on 01 Aug 2024 10:58 collapse

I don’t wish any such thing to the Russian people as a whole, against whom I have absolutely nothing. The thought of it as a possibility deeply saddens me.

[deleted] on 30 Jul 2024 12:24 next collapse
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[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 12:57 next collapse

Russia killing Russian culture is a part of traditional Russian culture. A time honored tradition really.

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 15:30 next collapse

Sad but true. Their pre-Christian religion seemed so fascinating but it was nearly erased.

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 17:15 collapse

Yeah wow I wonder what it’s like to be an “artist” in an absolutely soulless culture that’s alternatingly empty and necrotic.

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 22:29 collapse

Read some interviews of Russian artists from the soviet-era and you’ll get an idea.

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 13:13 next collapse

Put on a super nationalist art exhibit that does what everyone wants and takes him out

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 13:18 next collapse

In before claims the CIA is behind this.

[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 14:30 next collapse

If I were leading a theatre or dance troupe, I would take this all the way and make a parody of an ultranationalist nazi type production.

[deleted] on 30 Jul 2024 16:34 next collapse
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[email protected] on 30 Jul 2024 16:43 next collapse

Tangentially related. I watched a pretty interesting documentary many years ago about avant-garde art in Weimar Germany. Back in the days of the kaiser and before, if you painted a horse it damn well better look like a horse. During the third reich, if you painted a horse it damn well better have hitler on it. But during the interwar years there was quite an explosion of weird shit from the German art community.

Then, of course, the war happened and all that shit ended, just like it’s happening in Russia now. Not that America did much better back then. Frank Capra was directing WWII propaganda films and Bugs Bunny was flying a B-29.

[email protected] on 01 Aug 2024 05:35 collapse

lol.