“Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest punk rock group based in Moscow. Founded in August 2011, it has had a variable membership of approximately 11 women [1] ranging in age from about 20 to 33 (as of 2012).[2] The group staged unauthorized provocative guerrillaperformances in public places, performances that were filmed as music videos and posted on the Internet.[3] The collective’s lyrical themes included feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the group considered to be a dictator, and his policies.”
“Pussy Riot was founded in August 2011 in the Russian city of Moscow. They began to gain momentum after two members, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich – who used to belong to another anarchist art collective called Voina – played a recording of Pussy Riot’s song ‘Ubey seksista” (‘Kill the Sexist’) at a lecture on feminist punk. Over the following months, Pussy Riot staged a series of public performances. Their first, in November 2011, was called ‘Release the Cobblestones’. Sampling Angelic Upstarts’ 1978 track ‘Police Oppression’, masked members of the group performed on top of scaffolding on the Moscow subway, tearing open feather pillows and hurling the contents onto the track.”
Pussy Riot are kind of amazing, whether you completely disagree with their behaviour or not. To me, they’re the modern day Punk, and the fact that they’re all women just makes it a lil cooler. They do the opposite of what’s expected, and although I don’t encourage it, it’s quite impressive the lengths they’ll go to to change the world (prison for example.)
It might be cool to do a shoot inspired by them? Or at least find a way to nod my hat to their efforts, even if it’s in a subtle way like using their trademark colourful tights, dresses and balaclavas.
time to change 