Their merch at gigs declares Anybody Can Be Pussy Riot. Released from imprisonment late in 2013, Alyokhina published Riot Days in 2017, a compelling memoir that plays brilliantly with structure. The book’s form – vignettes, quotes, drawings, lyrics, dispatches from jail, reflections on freedom – is, like Pussy Riot, defiant, avant-garde, queer, and freeing. They will have truly deprived you of your freedom.”A subsequent Riot Days live performance tour, positioned the book as both a source text and a living document. ” This defiance is central to Alyokhina and to Pussy Riot.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2019 04:52 UTC