Diany Rodriguez

Quotes

October 17^th, 2018

SEEING POWER: CHAPTER 4

“In all cultural fields, there exists a large portion of the community desperate for social recognition, a desperation that’s becoming ever more pronounced in a condition of vast precarity.” Page 87.

This is true, most if not all, fields desperately want attention and recognition. Mainly when it comes to an artist, most artist want their art work to be looked at not only as just an art work but more with finding its true meaning, understanding the importance of artwork itself. Also, finding out why it stands out more than any other art. They want to show others their talents, being able to feel confidence with their art work. After all, hard works pays off, most people who commit their selves in any kind of field are more likely to be recognized.

“Social networking has only increased the culture of gotcha and outing, where the supposedly progressive wing of arts increasingly partakes in a soft witch hunt, outing the secret capitalists or artists who happen to be not on message.” Page 101

Artist who are not on social media are not being recognized as those artists who live their lives on social networking. People are more likely to be amused and entertained by an artist who they heard or seen online than one who is also as talented but does not expose their artwork to the networks. This is not wrongful for those who desire to show their arts on live media but this also pushes away those skilled and talented artist from showing off their strength and love for art when theirs’ are not as exposed to society.

PUSSY RIOT

Masha Alekhina: “I am accused of quasi-violent actions. But violence is used against me. I have been in jail since March 3rd; during this period law-enforcement officials, including operatives who handle cases of extremism, have come four times to talk with me. They threatened me mentioning my child, which, I think, is fully inadmissible. One person persuaded me to reject the services of my lawyer. He spoke with me accusingly: said, you are heirs of [Soviet] dissidents.”

This quote proves that the pussy riots were being discriminated, not only because of the act they did but because they were women fighting for their rights. Violence and threats were made against her while in prison which shows how much power men have when it comes to prison. Proving how a woman words against the law means nothing.

“Then as now, the formal charge was a thin disguise. In 1964, the poet Joseph Brodsky was charged and convicted for “parasitism”; in 1968, the participants of the demonstration against Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia were charged with violation of public order. The Pussy Riot women are tried for hooliganism and for inciting religious hatred.”

This quote proves how fighting for your right may cause you jail time. Protesting and speaking up for what you feel and believe may cause you harm. It is always the law against you. No matter the difference you want to make in life for the better, the law will most likely not accept it. This relates more within the artists believes. They are denied for what they fight for such as the pussy riots and Joseph Brodsky.