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.
Russia killing Russian culture is a part of traditional Russian culture. A time honored tradition really.
Sad but true. Their pre-Christian religion seemed so fascinating but it was nearly erased.
Yeah wow I wonder what it’s like to be an “artist” in an absolutely soulless culture that’s alternatingly empty and necrotic.
Read some interviews of Russian artists from the soviet-era and you’ll get an idea.
Who would’ve guessed? It’s really sad seeing russian artists I follow either flee the country or stop posting.
That and you know, being a war tyrant dictator
That’s how we lost the possibility of a Metro 2033 film
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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.
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.
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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.
In before claims the CIA is behind this.
Put on a super nationalist art exhibit that does what everyone wants and takes him out
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