Eight Days of Revolution
A Documentary Journal from Minsk
Original Russian title: Восемь дней революции. Документальный дневник
Eight Days of Revolution / Acht Tage Revolution
A Documentary Journal from Minsk
Original Russian title: Восемь дней революции. Документальный дневник
»If you wish to understand the country and its people, you can’t not read Klinaǔ.« Ingo Petz, Deutschlandfunk
Belarus, August 2020. The presidential election is in full swing. Artur Klinaǔ, author and artist, receives a phone call: his daughter Marta has been arrested. He travels to Minsk and sets out to find her. In the city’s overcrowded prisons, people are being held who have been protesting against massive electoral fraud and are now at the mercy of state violence. Shocking reports of torture reach the outside world.
Klinaǔ meticulously records his experience of these dramatic...
Klinaǔ meticulously records his experience of these dramatic...
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Belarus, August 2020. The presidential election is in full swing. Artur Klinaǔ, author and artist, receives a phone call: his daughter Marta has been arrested. He travels to Minsk and sets out to find her. In the city’s overcrowded prisons, people are being held who have been protesting against massive electoral fraud and are now at the mercy of state violence. Shocking reports of torture reach the outside world.
Klinaǔ meticulously records his experience of these dramatic days. At the same time, he relates the events to the country’s recent history and explores their political, historical and lifeworld context. In bitter, mocking undertones, he sketches the portrait of a dictator, of an »artist« sui generis, who creates his works with an axe.
Klinaǔ meticulously records his experience of these dramatic days. At the same time, he relates the events to the country’s recent history and explores their political, historical and lifeworld context. In bitter, mocking undertones, he sketches the portrait of a dictator, of an »artist« sui generis, who creates his works with an axe.
»Eight Days of Revolution is criticism of dictatorship par excellence.« Mario Martin, WELT AM SONNTAG
»The fact that dictatorships in their milder forms can also be comfort zones, even for members of the opposition, has rarely been revealed this ruthlessly before.« Sonja Zekri, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»The fact that dictatorships in their milder forms can also be comfort zones, even for members of the opposition, has rarely been revealed this ruthlessly before.« Sonja Zekri, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»Eight Days of Revolution is criticism of dictatorship par excellence.« Mario Martin, WELT AM SONNTAG
»The fact that dictatorships in their milder forms can also be comfort zones, even for members of the opposition, has rarely been revealed this ruthlessly before.« Sonja Zekri, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»The fact that dictatorships in their milder forms can also be comfort zones, even for members of the opposition, has rarely been revealed this ruthlessly before.« Sonja Zekri, Süddeutsche Zeitung
2021, 265 pages
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Artur Klinau
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Artur Klinaǔ, born in 1965, author and architect, is the editor-in-chief of pARTisan, the only magazine for contemporary art in Belarus. He lives in Karpatuny and in Minsk and is considered one of the most important artists of his country.
Artur Klinau
Author
Artur Klinaǔ, born in 1965, author and architect, is the editor-in-chief of pARTisan, the only magazine for contemporary art in Belarus. He...
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