{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Free Pussy Riot in Berlin - Mentalgassi","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/free-pussy-riot-berlin-mentalgassi/free-pussy-riot-mentalgassi.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-08-17T09:05:23Z","description":"Free Pussy Riot! Berlin-based street art collective Mentalgassi joins the Global Pussy Riot Day today with one of their brilliant urban faces installations.","html":"\u003cp\u003eFor today the proclamation of sentence for the three arrested \u003cstrong\u003ePussy Riot\u003c/strong\u003e activists Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samucevich is announced, for what reason there are several solidarity events taking place around the world. In Berlin, the street art collective \u003ca href=\"/mentalgassi/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMentalgassi\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (\u003ca href=\"/mentalgassi-paste-up-spain/\"\u003ehere in Spain\u003c/a\u003e), recently put up one of their well-known urban faces, this time showing one of those famous Pussy Riot woolen masks\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePussy Riot is an anonymous Russian feminist performance art group formed in October 2011. Through a series of peaceful performances in highly visible places, the group has given voice to basic rights under threat in Russia today, while expressing the values and principles of gender equality, democracy and freedom of expression contained in the Russian constitution and other international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the CEDAW Convention.\u003c/em\u003e (about \u003ca href=\"http://freepussyriot.org/about\"\u003ePussy Riot\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStay informed and join the \u003ca href=\"http://freepussyriot.org/\"\u003eGlobal Pussy Riot Day\u003c/a\u003e - Free Pussy Riot!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/47483917\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/47483917?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by Free Pussy Riot in Berlin - Mentalgassi\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150985423786607\u0026amp;set=a.194998646606.137642.194987001606\u0026amp;type=1\"\u003eMentalgassi\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nFor today the proclamation of sentence for the three arrested **Pussy Riot** activists Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samucevich is announced, for what reason there are several solidarity events taking place around the world. In Berlin, the street art collective [**Mentalgassi**](/mentalgassi/) ([here in Spain](/mentalgassi-paste-up-spain/)), recently put up one of their well-known urban faces, this time showing one of those famous Pussy Riot woolen masks...\n\n*Pussy Riot is an anonymous Russian feminist performance art group formed in October 2011. Through a series of peaceful performances in highly visible places, the group has given voice to basic rights under threat in Russia today, while expressing the values and principles of gender equality, democracy and freedom of expression contained in the Russian constitution and other international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the CEDAW Convention.* (about [Pussy Riot](http://freepussyriot.org/about))\n\nStay informed and join the [Global Pussy Riot Day](http://freepussyriot.org/) - Free Pussy Riot!\n\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/47483917)\n\nVia [Mentalgassi](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150985423786607\u0026set=a.194998646606.137642.194987001606\u0026type=1).\n","tags":["Art Installation","Paper Art","Mentalgassi","Street Protest","Street Art Berlin"],"title":"Free Pussy Riot in Berlin - Mentalgassi","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/free-pussy-riot-berlin-mentalgassi/"}