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Outdoors, Gunpowder Burns Quietly. In a Closed Space Gunpowder Explodes

Olia Sosnovskaya 2024
Slides for lecture performance (2024) / multimedia installation / video series, digital collage, animation (51 min). "In the open air, gunpowder burns quietly. In a confined space, gunpowder explodes" (2024) / installation / digital collages, digital printing on metal (every 20 x 30 cm)

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Olya Sosnovskaya's works are inspired by the protests that took place in Belarus in 2020. The people of Belarus did not agree with the rigged presidential elections and protested against political violence, censorship, and attacks on human rights. They marched, sang, danced and disrupted official events to demand change. Despite their efforts, the authorities did not comply with their demands and subjected them to further violence. Some people were killed, many went to prison. We can say that the uprising failed. However, the artist believes that this failure is not the end. She believes that people in prison, in the anti-war resistance and in exile have learned so much that they cannot live as if nothing happened. The artist created metal plates and videos that depict protests, paths, actions and demands in the form of a score. Many people know scores as a tool for translating music and sound into written form so they can be performed many times. What if you could appreciate not only music, but also political movements and the desire for change? We can practice and improve social struggle even if it is not successful at first. Social struggles do not end in failure, but may be repeated in the future. For example, in 2022, people organized networks of mutual support that helped resist the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Without the experience gained from previous struggles, this resistance would have been impossible.