Radek Invasion
“…One ironic action was presented at the Manifesta 4 in Frankfurt in 2002 when a video called Manifestation showed a strange demonstration filmed in Moscow the year before. For its action the Radek group had chosen the Barrikadnaya Underground station at the point where traffic lights regulate the flow of pedestrians on their way to work. Members of the group with slogans on red banners accompany the pedestrians as they cross the road, giving the impression of a real demonstration or manifestation. As they say themselves, all the features of a demonstration are visible – the crowds, the slogans, a street in the centre of the city and the blocked traffic. Marx’s idea about the self-knowledge of the revolutionary class appears in action!..”
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