
Howdoyougoabouttippingacarfromitswheelsontoitsroof?Doyourockitslowlybackandforthtotipitoverorhaveseveralpeopleliftfromonesideandflipitoverthatway?Russianartists’groupVoina(war)hadtosolvethisphysicalproblemforoneoftheirspectacularartisticperformances.Awidelycirculatedclipshowsthemtippingoveranemptypolicecar.Politicalperformanceartthatprovokesandexposestheauthoritarianregimeinawitty,intelligentandeffectivemanner.Artthathasbroughtthegroupacclaimintheinternationalartscenewhilelandingitscorememberswithprisonsentencesandinternationalarrestwarrants.Artthatneedspublicitytobecomeasymbolofresistance.ThenumberofviewsonYouTubeisareasonforhope.ThesepublicimagesofVoinaperformancesarealsoincorporatedintoAndreyGryazev’sdocumentaryandthusenteranadditionaldistributionchannel.By“merely”supplementingthemwithdiscussions,privatescenesandtelevisionfootage,afilmemergesnotjustaboutVoinabutalsowith,byandforthem,almostbecomingpartofVoinaintheprocess,itselfaperformanceproducingimagesthatcannotbeshownoftenenough.