The first of may, day of spring and labor, this year coincided with Easter, and in Novosibirsk — even with traditional, thirteenth “the drowned children” — absurdist costume parade through the city center.
Every year more and more difficult to obtain from the authorities the permission to go out with a funny poster or in an unusual costume. This year even went to the trick: in mid-April announced the creation of a “Selectia” — day in and day out and at the same time as “Monstration”, only with the support of the city hall. Typical of such stock, to “Selectview” was going to attract state employees… on the Eve of may 1, “Monstration” refused to agree: the mayor of Novosibirsk Anatoly Lokot in writing explained that the March “will create a threat to public order, security of citizens, generally accepted norms of morality, religious values of Orthodox residents of the city.”
Then privately agreed: the monstrance will go behind “Selectia”, youth theatre “globe” to the scientific and technical library. And the Red prospectus, which usually went the monstrance, out of respect given to the Orthodox for the procession.
When Artem Loskutov, an ideologist and Creator of “Demonstrations”, refused to agree on a March, one of the officials said
— Artem Alexandrovich, here to you not Moscow.
This quote became the main slogan of the “demonstrations-2016” — it was put on a soft pink cloth of silver tape.
Before the start of the procession on the curb not even a running fountain in front of the “Globe” climb the protesters with their posters. The man dressed as a brown bear, next to him a girl with a false beard — depict the hero Leonardo Di Caprio from the film “Survivors”, who fought with a bear. Poster “Leo, Leo is alive, Leo will live.”
— Tell me in the eye, there is mesh, and it is difficult to hear — asks the bear. His name is Sasha. Says that last year they were with Oksana (Leo) gingerbread men, and the year before — minions of the movie.
To distinguish a “monstrance” from the participants ‘Selectia” easily. The second to none of any posters or costumes, they handed out inflated balloons to the questions: why are you here? — they are lost.
The participants of the alternative “Selectia”. Photo: Ekaterina Fomina, “the New newspaper”
“Selective” beasts met more often. So, a whole menagerie of life-size costumes — donkey, Zebra, polar bear — supported musicians who drove the trucks. A platform, incidentally, shared with the “Selectweek” a real circus tent, arrived recently in Novosibirsk. Using the platform more recently, he advertised a room with a tiger, which was taken in the cell. Met me on Selectie” symbol basketball “Locomotive” — plush moose walking, with the accompaniment of cheerleaders in short skirts. Then there was the character of the hockey team — the snowman.
Paced the men in suits, Swifts, are more like plump pigeons.
— We have a youth centre “Strizhi”, — rushes to explain to me accompanying children Olga. — We also wanted to Express themselves, I wanted to look at the young people of Novosibirsk, to join. Now we will go every year! “Monstration” — a terrific event, everyone there Express themselves — and here we are, and together we are just the awesome power of Russia! — with the heat she says.
When I join a convoy of sushestvenno”, hardly impossible to find participants who are themselves unable to explain why they are here. The Teens immediately called their leaders. Arina dressed as a Fox finds it difficult to explain what “co-working Studio “Window” from which they came. She comes to the aid of Maxim, older.
In our Studio we will soon be night championship in solving business cases and conduct night training sessions — two in one, there is still a lot the business of the quests! Yes, about “Demonstrations” we heard all that us very interesting, permanent somewhere to go, always respond!
There’s a group of guys cut from cardboard musical instruments, dance. This is the youth center “zodiac”. Guys also can’t tell about the motives of his presence in the procession, helps Irina — the girl in sunglasses with bright pink lipstick.
— Got this “Monstration” is already, honestly, ” she says. — They call us “the miscarriages of the municipality”, they say, we do not have an opinion — well, it’s right funny! That’s why we came today, came off just. Have not banned anybody — all this speculation! We know this city — loves to invent all sorts of legends. Around and Said that now such a legend. I never did not go there, I always on the first of may demonstration walked — always at own will, — why-that clarifies it.
“Monstration” was followed. Due to the forced neighborhood, it seems, on posters rationalism and evil sarcasm outweighed traditional playful absurdity.
Over the head hold drawn a lemon. On it the label “Panama”, box in his hand “Panamanian lemons”. This is Zhenya and Pavel, designers.
— It’s just a waste, no politics, ” explains Eugene. — What “Monstration” actually took place, proves, that in our country even though some democracy there.
— Maybe reduced, but it is there, supports Pasha.
With poster “Republic of Panama” there is a guy and the next woman over sixty. Her reversal from album for drawing is written: “Every Russian on Panama and cellist”. I walk up to her.
— Already it is impossible to live in this country, she became a stranger to me. Only came here to look at normal people, not brainwashed box. And from the Elbow I did not expect another. I can not forgive myself that voted for him — well, forced. Better than the previous one. But now I would never have voted. Understand: you can never compromise their beliefs. Of all the feeders eating! I came here for the first time, I was obviously out of the age. Came to see if at least some freedom of thought has not yet killed. Let’s all this tomfoolery, but it’s better than out there on the area on the orders run like a concentration camp.
On all claims of city hall, the public speaking “from Orthodoxy”, the monstrance is also responsible posters. Two young men are carrying a banner “They would be in the hands of the broom” (really her strapped to a broom), the girl with the poster “it would be Better to plant went”. “Free angelesarea of the population,” another girl holds a placard “This is not a show” — “the demon” is highlighted in red.
— Why the authorities have demonized? With us happier and more joyful, we are in a world of nonsense! — explains Alain.
“Cats, it’s kind of marska Monstration”, — is the paper girl with blonde long hair, wrapped in a scarf. Someone concluded “We are not alone”, “You underestimate our power,” “the Leper” seems to be the attitude to the demonstrations was the indicator of place in society. And the monstrance is not a bit proud of this, laughing at those who have forgotten what it’s like to laugh. “We are not, and we tell a lie”.
With the poster “Heal the Russian economy” are two friends in white coats.
— Connect all the forces of the international red cross, the entire world of medicine to this project, ” says Alex.
They are also dissatisfied with the ban “Demonstrations”:
— People should be free — within reason. At least we don’t do anything illegal here.
Fifteen-year-old boys — “Sukiny children”, “Eternity smells like oil and a little upgraded from “Civil defense” — “Everything flies to the nest”. Andrew explains: creativity Letov is especially relevant today.
— We the first time on “Demonstrations”, but we are against the fact that we were banned.
Cautious to me is a young man with a poster “Volodya, take your hands from under the blanket”, when I update, isn’t there some sort of hidden meaning.
— This poster is devoted to the only post-Soviet space the song N. About.M. symbolizing the greatness of the Soviet cosmonaut (referring to the song “Intercosmos” — E. F.). If you can see this in politics, so this poster works.
Refers to the infamous publication in instagram of Ramzan Kadyrov poster George, an intelligent man with glasses, for forty. On it: “Who does not understand…” — and then gibberish.
—Still more fun than Kadyrov, — sadly says George. — Then at least under the eye of no one.
And on the back had a reference to offshore — WHERE of.
At Easter the theme of the monstrance is also very ironic occurred. “XB” and deciphering “Cold water”. “The soup is cooked without eggs”, “Easter-Lenin-Cakes. Mayday-Jesus-Kebab”, “Peace! Work! Tea! Cakes!”. But one woman is carrying “lighted poster” — it was just drawn by the sun. There was a guy with a poster called: “Paint my egg!”.
Not saying a word, the two girls wrote on their flipcharts, “Hello! Do you believe…” one asked, do the people in the BG (and the next was pasted a photograph of Boris Grebenshchikov), the other was interested in — and in Bosch?
On album sheets Maxim, a strong man of thirty, printed “Peace! Work! May! Truly may! Vacuoles — the muskrats! Implement need technology!”. He is a regular participant of “Monstration”.
— If we hadn’t been allowed — would be another signal how to change the attitude to power. Why you need it “Selective”? As they say in the army: if the mess cannot be prevented, it must lead. Since we’re not in the army — look at these people, they are not going to serve — it will not work. “Monstration” is a non-political festival.
The poster in Arabic, “Peace! Work! May!”. Bearded Dima is not an Arabist, but just “free artist”, he says.
— I’m waiting for another friend with a poster in Hebrew, have him make up combo.
bard, ease and complete senselessness with the posters still here — there were those. “First of all planes, well, girls baton” — a couple in love, girl with packing a rifle. “Fairies stole my boyfriend (maybe they’re still here)” — a beautiful girl in a motley dress. Girl decimated by Sailor moon from the popular anime, holding a poster “Pomatrosil and threw”. “The Committee for the protection of Louboutins” sits with the feminist “Enough to have borscht!”. Sad blonde woman in black keeps drawn: “Hurry? Washed my hands a bad thing? Worry, comrade, the tubercle Bacillus!”. “You really went or just passing through?” — a poster holding a brunette in a colorful t-shirt. Two guys playing chess on the poster, “Your move”. There are concise and seem to panic: “Mom, where am I?”
A Jock in a t-shirt, tight muscles, shows a poster about their everyday concerns: “Protein is not a drug,” and on the back of it: “Eat food. It is unclear who is hiding under a cheap monkey mask, but in the hands of this someone carrying radical: “Rolton — the power of instant noodles — grave”. Taller than a man cut from cardboard green dinosaur, bear the accompanying explanation: “Stegosaurus — the original punk!”, Ops-ops, Triceratops!, “Punks, hoy! The Mesozoic!”. In a sports suit style of the ‘ 90s skinny guy keeps “2016 — lose weight up to 1991”.
It seems that the General idea of what is happening madness expresses a light, cute girl — she’s holding derived gouache truth Said: “Well, it’s almost like the Internet”.
Among the participants of the “demonstrations” are the adepts of rastafarianstva, it’s such a new religion, faith in the Flying spaghetti monster. Pastafariantsy get to know each other in the colander on his head.
Thank pasta!
— Truly! And meatballs, — they greet each other.
The demonstrators charged slogans, another one is pointless: “Cats Tralee Wali”, in tune with the melody of the slogan “Grandfathers fought”, then start shouting And-at-the-ka!”. Then pick up any offer, even the most absurd at first glance.
Accompanies the procession of the van: it has the flag of the United States of Siberia waving a large man. SSHS — the idea of the Omsk artist Damir Muratov, instead of stars and stripes to snowflakes.
“Monstration” comes to its end faster than usual, the route is short, go no longer than an hour. All participants line up on the steps of the scientific-technical library, as on the podium to be photographed. Immediately leave the most valuable: their posters. Of them will arrange an exhibition in the new gallery of modern art — it will open the second of may.
Winds between demonstrators, reads the texts of a woman — beautiful, older, in a bright bandage on his head, drawn-on eyebrows.
— I try every time to the side to get into the “Demonstrations” — go and see is the fourth time I go.
Tatiana seventy-two, and she’s here “for the impression that is not lost even young people”.
— I want something giving hope and trust. Arthur himself (rags) seems to me a worthy man. I really want these people to feel that there is support to not give up. Ashamed to admit it, but he thought: that this would in the deputies…
— Why are you ashamed?
— Well, somehow it has to be a Deputy of a shame.
Ask Tatiana what she does.
— Slowly die after a few strokes. But now I have jareczek: on the next “Monstration” to come with a poster. And the fact that it’s me? Saw his same age with a poster “I like “Monstration” — but is it interesting? I something better compose!
On the way back, “Said Artyom Loskutov was accompanied by unknown people in mufti. They followed him to a café and started talking: I offered to go with them to the conversation “to talk about something good.” Loskutov suggested to do it in a cafe. He refused to go somewhere, then sent a police car, threw in Artem and drove away. By the evening it had already taken to court where he was charged with: did an unauthorized procession. The court postponed for may 6. Loskutov faces up to 10 days of administrative arrest.
