Till Spring - До весны (with subtitles)

This video, shot by Michael Cabrera and edited by BC13, was inspired by the punk band Pussy Riots' altar protest on February 21, 2012 in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, subsequent arrest of Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova on March 3, Ekaterina Samutsevitch on March 16 and at ongoing excessive and arbitrary treatment of the artist guilty of nothing more then desire to speak freely about political environment in their own country.

Petr Pavlensky sewed up his own mouth in protest of the women's severe treatment at the hands of the Russian justice system. Standing solemnly in front of St. Petersburg's Kazan Cathedral, the 28-year old Russian performance artist held up a banner reading 'Pussy Riot act is a replay of a famous act by Jesus Christ'.

"Sewing up my mouth, I showed the situation of the contemporary artist in Russia, living in an environment where there's a ban on publicity, the tightening of censorship and suppression of public statements in contemporary art"
- Petr Pavlensky
Read more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Riot
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/07/russia-makes-pussy-riots-point-putting-band-trial/55179/
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/14077/1/petr-pavlensky-v-vladimir-putin
http://politzeki.tumblr.com/post/27360939683/in-st-petersburg-supporter-of-pussy-riot-crucified

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