<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is really sick. As a Serbian artist who was harassed during the 90s in Paris just for being Serbian, I can assure you that such a boycott
resolves nothing and that by making problems to Russian culture workers is not
going to help stop any war. Please think twice before you put to work this
stupid decision.<br>
Dragana Zarevac<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif""> SPECTRE
[mailto:<a href="mailto:spectre-bounces@mikrolisten.de">spectre-bounces@mikrolisten.de</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:info@madatac.es">info@madatac.es</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 02, 2022 11:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andreas Broeckmann<br>
<b>Cc:</b> spectre<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [spectre] Fwd: In solidarity with Ukraine: L'Internationale
Online<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Dear
friends,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">STATEMENT<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MADATAC/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZW2xR180Q0dBojUOOyAaYHW-xola_88hrU8-kxuQUfOUqlSKkD8CcTlzA_zCTxem8gBAyvj5FAxCis5OTUiHqs321LLpcmx0zV5vyQSAG6wm9Efy2DaFI-sqgkTPMLu3vkfBHGGL2sh1kP8ysdr8_6nJLDvYIgZXyC7HUrDOfScHw&__tn__=kK-y-R"><span class="gmail-nc684nl6">MADATAC</span></a> [New Media Digital Audiovisual Art Festival]
announces that its next 12th edition due in Madrid in November 2022, which call
will be announced shortly, will be dedicated to Ukraine as the guest country.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">On
the other hand, Russia's brutal and unjustified military aggression and crimes
against humanity in Ukraine, forces MADATAC to make the decision to join the
international boycott and veto the participation of Russian art foundations and
institutions, and every art community or cultural private or public
organizations that supports Putin and Russia's genocide of the Ukrainian
people, in MADATAC Festival for an unlimited time, <span class="gmail-jlqj4b">as a
measure of pressure to motivate them to rise up and rebel against the
totalitarian and autocratic tyranny of the Kremlin that has endangered world
peace.</span> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">On
behalf of cultural organisations and institutions in Ukraine, we are asking for
your solidarity and support. We call to boycott the Russian state now, until it
completely withdraws from Ukraine and is held responsible for its war crimes:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><img border="0" width="16" height="16" alt="Description: 🚫"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Suspend Russian
participation in international cultural events such as festivals, biennials,
exhibitions, art and literature fairs;<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><img border="0" width="16" height="16" alt="Description: 🚫"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Boycott events organised by
Russian institutions as well as international foundations that are directly and
indirectly linked to or funded by Putin’s regime and Russian capital;<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><img border="0" width="16" height="16" alt="Description: 🚫"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Cancel any cooperation with
Russian artists, no matter how great or famous, as long as they openly support
Putin’s regime, silence its crimes, or do not publicly and directly oppose it;<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><img border="0" width="16" height="16" alt="Description: 🚫"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Remove representatives
affiliated with the Russian state or Russian capital from supervisory and
advisory boards of your organisations;<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><img border="0" width="16" height="16" alt="Description: 🚫"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Refuse any donations,
funding or sponsorship from Russian organisations, their proxies and affiliates
based in other countries.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Today,
the trope of ‘the great Russian culture’ is dangerous. Based on colonial and
imperial legacy, it promotes aggression, exclusion, intolerance, and crimes
against humanity.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Please
help Ukraine by suspending any cultural cooperation with the Russian Federation
and communicate your decision publicly to encourage your peers to follow your
example.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">We
have the power to stop the bloodshed and war. Let’s combine our efforts and end
Russia’s war on freedom, democratic values, truth, and the whole civilised
world.boycott the Russian state<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Ban russians from everywhere, even your daily
life!!! Only then they will understand what their government does - a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/ukrainian?__eep__=6&__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUaxE1NMC_Nvma78dCP9_5uVGlHcaa6NDd9BjutS6r0BHlLzBcaTjk5GcVhsCUmViR5uMHJa25nODmhkQ76N0mJie-CuFRyGtlpjbgwkflbQAXC7rfvQdEAlvO1mkNUwfXvtzBRXklurh1lmuDLJwvxH77UZSf5oVo6Yb7Ju7r-kw&__tn__=*NK-R">#Ukrainian</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/genocide?__eep__=6&__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUaxE1NMC_Nvma78dCP9_5uVGlHcaa6NDd9BjutS6r0BHlLzBcaTjk5GcVhsCUmViR5uMHJa25nODmhkQ76N0mJie-CuFRyGtlpjbgwkflbQAXC7rfvQdEAlvO1mkNUwfXvtzBRXklurh1lmuDLJwvxH77UZSf5oVo6Yb7Ju7r-kw&__tn__=*NK-R">#genocide</a>
</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">We
ask as well that you sign these petitions:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/es/stop_the_war_loc/?foBfTob&fbclid=IwAR3g97l7ztB_qGw79adDQrcScBi5HH7564jguJyPwnHZVx7oePtqxzS_uwI">https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/es/stop_the_war_loc/?foBfTob&fbclid=IwAR3g97l7ztB_qGw79adDQrcScBi5HH7564jguJyPwnHZVx7oePtqxzS_uwI</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/people-around-the-world-ask-nato-to-close-the-airspace-over-ukraine">https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/people-around-the-world-ask-nato-to-close-the-airspace-over-ukraine</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
<br>
El 2022-03-02 07:04, Andreas Broeckmann escribió: <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Betreff:
In solidarity with Ukraine: L'Internationale Online<br>
Datum: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:01:06 +0000<br>
Von: e-flux <<a href="mailto:info@mailer.e-flux.com">info@mailer.e-flux.com</a>><br>
<br>
Never again war!<br>
<br>
L'Internationale Online<br>
<a href="https://www.internationaleonline.org" target="_blank">https://www.internationaleonline.org</a><br>
<br>
To the art community,<br>
<br>
As an international community engaged in contemporary art—museum<br>
professionals, artists, educators, curators, writers—L’Internationale<br>
urges everyone to immediately oppose the Russian army’s invasion of<br>
Ukraine. This act of cruel aggression should be resisted with all the<br>
means at our disposal. We strongly believe that the war in Ukraine is<br>
a fight for freedom, for the future of democracy, the global legal<br>
order, and respect for human rights, including the right to<br>
self-determination. We caution everyone against ignoring this<br>
threat—for our friends in Ukraine, this war rightfully brings back<br>
tragic memories of the Second World War and the Nazi invasion.<br>
<br>
The gravity of this situation requires appropriate measures to be<br>
taken. Apart from the full package of sanctions that were and will be<br>
imposed by the EU, we call for the artistic community to immediately<br>
cease any collaborations with institutions and individuals who have<br>
direct ties with Putin’s regime and refuse to renounce their<br>
affiliation with it. This includes international projects,<br>
exhibitions, donations, and art sales. Russian participation in<br>
cultural gatherings such as biennales should be suspended and all the<br>
events organized by regime-related art foundations, institutions,<br>
galleries, and individuals boycotted. At the same time, we call for<br>
the international artistic community to support our comrades in both<br>
Ukraine and Russia who fight and protest against this act of<br>
aggression—by providing funds, resources, safe spaces, and visibility<br>
to their struggle.<br>
<br>
We ask you to sign this petition<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.change.org/p/art-world-art-world-oppose-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/art-world-art-world-oppose-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine</a><br>
<br>
to show your agreement with this letter and solidarity with Ukraine’s<br>
struggle for freedom. Please let us know in the comments if you or<br>
your organizations are willing to support displaced Ukrainian artists<br>
or art workers, and in what ways you could do so.<br>
<br>
With full conviction, we shout:<br>
*never again war, never again imperialism!*<br>
<br>
L’Internationale Confederation<br>
<br>
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven<br>
MSN, Warsaw<br>
MACBA, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona<br>
M HKA, Antwerp<br>
Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid<br>
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb<br>
HDK-Valand Academy of Arts and Design, Gothenburg<br>
National College of Art and Design, Dublin<br>
<br>
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