Pussy Riot should probably be the inaugural post on the Art/Crime Archive. These are the young women currently residing in prisons in Siberia (well, two of the three of them; one was released) for playing a political punk rock song inside the Church of Christ the Savior Orthodox church in downtown Moscow. Pussy Riot’s music sucks, but their art is beautiful–taking on good old Vlad Putin right when he was at his most dangerous (a little vulnerable). Putin’s draconian punishment is right out of Stalin’s playbook and deservedly got slammed by everyone from Madonna to Hillary Clinton. Is Pussy Riot art or crime? They got convicted, but no one except Putin himself thinks their work is criminal.
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Pussy Riot is an incredibly eye-catching and loud name to claim. Their video even serves as a form of protest rather than music. Their protest within the church is quite loud and disturbing to the people within the church, which is quite easy to call a crime: you’re disturbing people within a public place of worship. However, could you argue that their cause is somewhat of a worship of their own creation? They have a cause that they would live and die for, and they’re brave enough to preach it within a church that isn’t their own due to it’s connection to Vladimir Putin. They vehemently oppose Vladimir Putin for the protection of people within their country. They need the people of their country to hear it even if they’ll go to jail for it. If that isn’t commitment to one’s people within their country, then I don’t know what is.