Program

For three days, journalists will meet other knowledgeable mediators of information from different regions of the world in Innsbruck. In conversations with colleagues and other experts, visitors find out what is going on behind the scenes of the information on international events, which is often hastily and superficially conveyed, and can contribute.

Current social, political and cultural developments are the focus of the debates, from book presentations, exhibitions, doc-films and audio features. The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

The Journalismusfest Innsbruck opens a window to the complex present in which we live.

Treibhaus, Tower

Maria Aljochina:

“Political Girl”

Conversation

Marija Aljochina is a Russian conceptual artist, political activist and member of the artist collective Pussy Riot. Along with her fellow campaigners Nadya Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich, they attracted worldwide attention with an anti-Putin performance in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in 2012. Their punk prayer “Mother of God, Drive Putin Away”, a dire warning against Russian authoritarianism, led to the activists’ arrest and imprisonment. Thanks to an amnesty bill, they were liberated after two years. Together with Tolokonnikova, Aljochina went on to found an NGO for prisoners’ rights. As the war against Ukraine started and the Russian opposition was silenced, she and her allies kept protesting. To avoid a renewed prison sentence, Marija Aljochina fled Russia in 2022 – disguised as a food delivery driver. Her new book “Political Girl” is the political biography of one of the most important Russian dissidents.

Marija Aljochina
Performance artist, member of the artist collective Pussy Riot

In conversation with
Ivona Jelčić
Freelance Cultural Journalist, Innsbruck

English and German with simultaneous interpretation

Free admission

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Die Mitwirkenden

Wir freuen uns auf Journalist*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen und NGOs aus verschiedenen Regionen der Welt.

Die Schauplätze

Die Veranstaltungsorte des Festivals liegen im Zentrum von Innsbruck. Sie sind zu Fuß gut zu erreichen.

Info

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