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Pussy Riot: Cypriot Dimensions? (last edited: 2014)

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Soon after the Pussy Riot case ruling came out on August 17th, images began to circulate online of the Liberty Monument of Cyprus with the Pussy Riot balaclavas covering the faces of the statues. I received messages about this from friends who know of my work on Cypriot commemoration, along with the suggestion that this is something I should write about. Although this intervention/make-over as well as the Pussy Riot case are certainly interesting, what I found most compelling was the fact that others thought this occasion to be significant and worthy of analysis in itself. This is something that monuments and their related rituals are usually great at: having the character of poignancy without being very articulate about it. Here is a reading into this one, for those inclined to find meaning in the exercise.

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date	01/02/2014
last modified	23/09/2014
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63344	s_p12_43682105	Fig. 9. Belarusian Partisans sculpture at Moscow Belorusskaya metro station. Retrieved from http://lenta.ru/photo/2012/08/17/balaclava/ . Also see Pushkin for Pussy Riot? Moscow monuments masked (PHOTOS). (2012, August 17).RT. Retrieved from http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/moscow-monument-pussy-riot-929/	All rights reserved
63340	Pussy-Riot-Soviet-Army-monument-in-Sofia	Fig. 11. Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia. Image from Bivol, A. (2012, August 17). Support for Pussy Riot in Sofia. The Sofia Globe. Retrieved from http://sofiaglobe.com/2012/08/17/support-for-pussy-riot-in-sofia	All rights reserved
63337	Bulgarian Soviet Friendship memorial in Varna	Fig. 10. The Bulgarian-Soviet Friendship memorial in the Black Sea city of Varna. Image from 1 More Bulgarian Monument Wakes Up to Pussy Riot Makeover. (2012, August 22). Novinite.com. Retrieved from http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142522	All rights reserved
63333	padlock	Fig. 7. Photograph of padlock attachment to the Liberty Monument, June 2008. (ɔ) Chrystalleni Loizidou, 2008	All rights reserved
63330	Fig. 5. The Liberty Monument in veils. Screenshot from Michael Cacoyannis' Attila 74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975). Original title: Attilas '74	Fig. 5. The Liberty Monument in veils. Screenshot from Michael Cacoyannis' Attila 74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975). Original title: Attilas '74	All rights reserved
63327	Fig. 5. The Liberty Monument in veils. Screenshot from Michael Cacoyannis' Attila 74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975). Original title: Attilas '74	Fig. 5. The Liberty Monument in veils. Screenshot from Michael Cacoyannis' Attila 74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975). Original title: Attilas '74	All rights reserved
63324	Fig. 4. Makarios on the postponement of the unveiling. Screenshot from Michael Cacoyannis' Attila 74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975). Original title: Attilas '74	Fig. 4. Makarios on the postponement of the unveiling. Screenshot from Michael Cacoyannis' Attila 74: The Rape of Cyprus (1975). Original title: Attilas '74	All rights reserved
63321	politician and priest	Politician and priest (ɔ) Chrystalleni Loizidou, 2008	All rights reserved
63318	1987 - 180 - 2 plaques	Fig. 6. Photograph of the Liberty Monument plaques (ɔ) Chrystalleni Loizidou, 2008	All rights reserved
63315	P1120264	Image from Antonis. (2012, August 20). Pussy Riot Cy. Επιάμεν πάτον, αλλά είσιεν τρύπαν. Retrieved from http://patosmetrypav.blogspot.gr/2012/08/pussy-riot-cy.html?spref=fb	All rights reserved
63311	pussy riot cy 1	Image from Antonis. (2012, August 20). Pussy Riot Cy. Επιάμεν πάτον, αλλά είσιεν τρύπαν. Retrieved from http://patosmetrypav.blogspot.gr/2012/08/pussy-riot-cy.html?spref=fb	All rights reserved

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