Screening – Russian Cutthroat: Activist Art in Exile
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18.11.2025
VideoPower
Russian Cutthroat: Activist Art In Exile With Vasily Bogatov and Taisiya Krugovykh discussion led by Anami Schrijvers
The upcoming talk will feature an artist presentation by Vasily Bogotov. Vasily Bogatov is a political activist, film director and former member of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Together with his partner Taisiya Krugovykh, also an activist and film director, he has made numerous films and exhibitions with themes related to corporeality, identity, and social politics. They have been living in France since 2022, after being forced to leave Russia shortly after the invasion of Ukraine.
During the evening, we will hone in on the visual vocabulary of resistance. We will look at key moments of Bogotov’s and Krugovykh’s activism and artistic development set against the gradual and devastating changes in Russia’s political landscape. Echoing the last discussion (Class Outside), this conversation hopes to get into what it means to be an artist and filmmaker at the frontline of political struggle.
Vasily Bogatov is a film director, video-artis and member of the artistic group Gogol’s Wives. With his partner Taisiya Krugovykh, a film and video director, he has worked with the NGO Memorial and the feminist punk group Pussy Riot. They were subjected to police persecution, which led them to go into exile and seek political asylum.
Anami Schrijvers is a filmmaker and sculptor. He works across diverse disciplines; from casting sculptures with lava at the edge of volcanoes to producing video essays investigating effusive events in the lives of his relatives. Schrijvers is currently working on his directorial debut.