This morning, Pussy Riot member Diana Burkot spilled her blood across Skólavörðustígur in an act of performance art. The artist walked up the colourful street as a crowd formed, stopping intermittently to scrub her blood into the road with a rag.
This performance is tied to her current exhibition SWEAT and BLOOD at Núllið Gallerý. The artist employs visual art, video, audio, and performance to articulate her experience as a refugee, as she and her fellow band members have been deemed terrorists by the Russian government because of their outspoken politics and support of LGBTQIA+ rights.
Diana Burkot has been living and studying in Iceland since 2023, and this performance was part of a graduation showcase from the Icelandic University of the Arts. The exhibition in Núllið will be open through Sunday, April 27, at 21:00, but there is also likely still blood on Skólavörðustígur.
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