☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>USA as a failed state: Russian dissident art becomes real life. </p><p>“One thing that I just don’t vibe with in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/modern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modern</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> – there’s an entire thing about safety. And I’ve lived my life in a way that safety was the last thing that I would care about,” she said. </p><p>“This is a thing I think about a lot lately. We need to be less safe, be ready to offend ourselves and other people. Otherwise, Maga people are just going to keep winning, because they’re not afraid.” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NadyaTolokonnikova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NadyaTolokonnikova</span></a></p><p>“On Wednesday, the museum announced that the rest of Tolokonnikova’s performance would have to be postponed indefinitely, because of “ongoing demonstrations and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MilitarySctivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarySctivity</span></a>”.</p><p>“Every single event I did in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> was shut down by the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a>,” she posted on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a>, “and now it’s starting to feel a lot like Russia.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> exhibition / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GeffenContemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeffenContemporary</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Moca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moca</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/artanddesign/2</span><span class="invisible">025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state</span></a>&gt;</p>