since the beginning of the 2020 election campaign in Belarus:
14,000+ detained
90+ political prisoners
450+ documented cases of torture
1,800+ allegations of violence used during the detention
6 killed and some still missing
200+ injured, including children
800+ in exile, some forcibly expelled from the country
250+ criminal cases against activists, observers, protesters, etc.
0 investigations of violence against peaceful protesters
hundreds harassed and […]

Between Predators and Parasites by Nieviadomy Artyst
it’s hard to stay human between predators and parasites

i’ve started preparing this EP in march - and set the release date for the presidential elections. but spring and summer were hard - with illness, self-isolation, separation, moving between homes, work/nowork - and then this stressful *election* campaign. so not […]

10.08.18 - Pavel Ambiont & VJ Solar Olga @ Torun, PL

Banker Fest is a music event dedicated to Vova Banker (Uladzimir Banko), a Belarusian experimental musician, poet and performer.

During the Non-Fashion exhibition at the National Center for Contemporary Arts in Minsk me and VJ Solar Olga / Volha Salakheyeva will present our A/V installation ‘I will revenge the world with love…’ based on Parajanov films. For this installation I’ve arranged fragments of mixed of music and dialogue from �?Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors’, �?Ashik-Kerib’ […]

Tomorrow is the next performance of Schoenberg’s ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ by Capella Sonorus in Minsk. VJ Solar Olga and me are responsible for the live visuals during the show.

Павел Няхаеў - прэзентацыя ““Даследванні сучаснай музычнай культуры і крэатыўных індустрый у Беларусі і Ўсходняй Еўропе: досвед ЕГУ»” - 21 красавіка 2018, “Дзень з ЕГУ ў Мінску”

Elena Sizova
I/DEX (live)
Morgotika
Pavel Ambiont (live)
Skyfarma (live)

“Якую ролю музыка грае ў розных візіях ідэальнага грамадства — ад Платона і Томаса Мора да Берліоза і Скінэра? Як уяўляюць сацыяльныя функцыі музыкі фантасты і анты-ўтапісты? Як палітычныя і творчыя рухі апошняга стагоддзя грунтуюць свае ўтапічныя сусветы на рытме і музыцы? Дзе мяжа паміж гармоніяй і тыраніяй?”
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I was lucky to help my dear wife Olga to create video footage for the Belarusian premiere of ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ (24.11.2017).
Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
Music performers: ‘Sonorus’ Capella
Conductor: Alexander Humala
Soloist: Natalia Iselyonok,
Video-art: Volha Salakheyeva & Pavel Niakhayeu
Live-video performance: Volha Salakheyeva (VJ Solar Olga)

Mental Force Festival team is at Unsound Kraków 2017 now thanks to support from MOST program.
Today we’ve talked about the post-soviet electronic music scenes - with Julia Koviasina (BY), Nazira Kassenova (KZ), Jędrzej Dondziło (PL) and Zhanna Guzenko (RU).