Babruisk: photo art under supervision of ideologists
On
8 September a photo exhibition is planned in the city park of
Babruisk. This is an event for the photo amateurs who attach their
works to ropes with clothes-pegs, and other photographers or
passers-by can take the photos they like. Such exhibitions are held
in many Russian and Belarusian cities. There are no limitations, the
only demand of the author of these exhibitions Andrei Kezin is to
restrict the view of photo erotics for children.
“The
genre is free”, is stated in the appeal of the organizer, the local
photo artist Katsiaryna Sahinadze-Kakotava, who conducts the photo
exhibition together with the ideology department of the city
executive committee. Babruisk citizens are also advised against
taking erotic works with them, as far as the exhibition will be
attended by under-age spectators.
At the same time, the
vkontakte
community also contains some more points, which pose additional
limitations to the photo artists. Side by side with the prohibition
of pornography and the photos which propagate Nazism, racism and
extremism, there is prohibition of “works of oppositional nature”.
What is meant by it is unclear, but it will probably incline the
authors to self-censorship.
