[spectre] Life as art: Vladislav Mamishev-Monroe 1969 - 2013

[stephen kovats]

dear spectrites,

for those of you who didn't know, Monroe ... Vlad Mamyshev-Monroe, one the
St.Petersburg former 'New Academy' movement stars par excellence and
co-founder of Moscow 'Pirate TV', died on March 16th, in Bali, Indonesia.
Monroe, whose work was perhaps the most cutting edge and cataclysmically
revealing of early post-Soviet society had also become a veritable icon in
the struggle for freedom of expression in today's Putin stranglehold on
Russia.

Joseph Backstein, who "puts him in the same league as Marina Abramovic"
tributes Mamyshev-Monroe, the charismatic, sharp performance artist at:
http://calvertjournal.com/comment/show/624/life-as-art-joseph-backstein-remembers-iconic-performance-artist-vladislav

Many of us, who were first introduced to Monroe's video works (i.e. 'A Bad
Mark Again') at ostranenie93 will fondly remember and greatly miss a
poetically crazed artist and genius, very much in a uniquely masterful
class of his own!

cheers,

Stephen

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