Incitement to self-censorship. The organizers of the exhibitions are sending a signal
ARTinvestment.RU   18 апреля 2017

In Russia it is planned to develop the law "On the protection of the highly significant moral values." His concept has already been discussed in the Commission on harmonization of interethnic and interreligious relations of the Public chamber under the chairmanship of Joseph Diskin

the Full video of the meeting of the Commission of Public chamber on Miusskaya square, which took place at the end of March, can be seen here. It is heard that the concept in the future will arrive on consideration in the Duma, to the Committee of deputies of the Communist party Sergey Anatolyevich Gavrilov. The text of the concept shared that of the Duma, the draft has not been published, but that they often and should not enter anyone astray. It is evident that the discussion is not the first day and it's huge.

Discarding the nuances, one of the practical ideas of the future law is to prevent clashes between religious-политическими activists and leaders of museums and other cultural institutions on the basis of the highly significant insults the moral feelings of citizens. To heels linoleum Board is not pressed, the pictures of the urine poured and gallery owners didn't care. To do this, the developers of the concept plan to specify in the future the law some "social space with a special status — is specifically designed for the implementation of activities is inextricably linked with intense moral and emotional experiences". At the entrance of the organizers of the exhibitions will be required to post agreed with the authorities a clear warning for the citizens, whose feelings can be offended. And then issues violent activists should not be: time passed in the hall, reading the warning, — so then you can not blame only themselves.

it would Seem, what's wrong? The group of experts with representatives of various religious faiths thoroughly preparing a law, which clearly forbid to misbehave to spoil the exhibits and to beat the organizers of exhibitions on the territory of "social spaces with special status" who have placed a proper warning. It's simple: vzhuh — and the problem is solved!

Why then is so hard to shake the feeling that what-то don't add up here?

Maybe because to complain about the imperfection of laws in conflict with cultural institutions as-то quite naive. The law we have never allowed the excesses with the deterioration of exhibits in museums and in private galleries. As he was not allowed to fill with foam door or ornate opposition threatening journalists. The problem is not with laws but with an unhealthy current informal public-политическими installations. Which exist today both in politics and in culture.

the examples are not far to seek. Here are the claims of the law may be to the work of the sculptor-шестидесятника Vadim Sidur? But in fact all saw that if you break a few of the exhibits on the exhibition in the "Manege", the performers and the organizers will get the essence of symbolic punishment. And people see and learn. See how in August 2015, the Union of museums dramatically expresses his outrage about the "marginal attack force" to the exhibition of the Siddur, and in December of 2016, another exhibition of the Siddur by-тихому prohibit. Andnothing. Because everywhere: the words alone, but in fact the opposite is true. There is a theory and there is practice. Theoretically, one does not forbid one of the main museums of Russia to bring an exhibition of one of the most outstanding artists of our time. But in practice, Mikhail Piotrovsky for the "stuffed" Jan Fabre receives so powerful "signals" that the Hermitage is almost forced to justify, to defend, and a special tour "Fears and phobias" in order to challenge obscurantist interpretations.

In General pretty clear what these "signals" and "hints" to the museums is fraught. Museum Directors — people are not timid, powerful, but not kamikaze. The extent of their intransigence should not be overestimated, and the messages they know how to read well. Now they will think ten times whether to carry to Moscow on his head daring exhibition of advanced overseas artists. And twenty times will think, whether to raise the topic, where even casual can be affected by religion. For whom and why risk it with "Fabre" and "sigurimi" if you can safely and honorable "otvisetsya" with Serov and Aivazovsky? There are even formal censorship hail, most likely, will not need. All will understand, where the wind blows where the red lines are.

And it is not the only danger. The concept of the law "On the protection of the highly significant moral values" develops it is not only the cultural scientist Iosif Diskin, a large working group, which includes well-known severity of the views of Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin and other representatives of different faiths. The clergy will not let playing the "Democrats" from the culture and will almost certainly require that-то in return for the safety of their exhibitions. Already sound ideas, even enclosed under the law, "a social space with a special status" with a warning posted at the entrance should not be given the opportunity to stage a "amoralschinu". And who will decide? Everything goes smoothly to ensure that even shielded from children and sensitive adults who exhibition-то will need to be agreed. I wonder with whom? Well, what do you think? Maybe there was no need to reinvent the wheel, but to revive the old good Soviet Glavlit and the practice of Lituania tickets for the exhibition? Imagine: twenty-first century, cars drive on autopilot, tourists fly into space, inject robots... but this time in Moscow session of the Commission for harmonization of inter-religious relations and indignantly refuses to lilavati tickets for the exhibition Basil Slonova, Oleg Kulik or Siddur. I think it is impossible? Alas, nowadays there is nothing impossible for a man with intelligence.

Sources: oprf.ru, izvestia.ru, artinvestment.ru



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