IT’S NO GOOD: POETRY AS RESISTANCE? With Lev Rubinstein

The event took place at Litteraturhuset / The Oslo House of Literature, on Thursday 29 November 2018 at 9 p.m.
Poetry reading with the Russian poets Lev Rubinstein, Kirill Medvedev and Maria Stepanova. Crossing the borders between poetic and political, giving the voice to the contemporary Russian poetry that exists at the cutting edge of the current cultural process. Moderation by Sasha Dugdale.
Hosted by The Fritt Ord Foundation, The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Russian online journal Colta.Ru.
Poet, performer and columnist Lev Rubinstein (Moscow, 1947) is one of the founders of Russian conceptualism. His poems push the boundaries of what can be said verbally, visually and performatively. With his passionate social engagement and nuanced personal statements, he is a role model for the young avant-garde. Pussy Riot poses for snapshots beside him, and his blogs and Facebook posts unleash a flood of responses. His work has been translated into many languages.