Dear friends,
it is with incredible sadness that I learned about Oleg Kireev's
death. He apparently committed suicide on Thursday in Moscow.
Oleg was a very good friend and colleague whom I got to know via the
Syndicate mailing list about ten or twelve years ago. I've alway had
the deepest respect for the critical/theoretical/activist work he did
in such an incredibly adversarial context as in contemporary Russia.
I will miss him a lot.
Inke Arns
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In memoriam: Oleg Kireev
On Friday April 3, 2009 we received the terribly sad news that our
friend and ever inspiring colleague Oleg Kireev from Moscow had died,
apparently as a result of suicide. We are left behind as friends and
colleagues, bereaved and puzzled by this dramatic fact. Kireev was a
prominent guest in some of the most important projects in the art /
media / politics triangle, which we had the honour developing at De
Balie. Kireev was a crucial figure in circles of free culture, media
activism and the arts in Moscow, one of the most demanding
environments for such activity one can think of.
(...)
Eric Kluitenberg
http://www.debalie.nl
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From: Matteo Pasquinelli <matteopasquine...@gmx.it>
To: rekombin...@liste.rekombinant.org
Subject: [RK] Oleg Kireev commited suicide yesterday
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:52:51 +0200
From: dmitry vilensky <dmvi...@gmail.com>
Date: 3 April 2009 12:52:17 GMT+02:00
To: transversal-l...@eipcp.net
Subject: [transversal] Oleg Kireev commited suicide yesterday
Very important Russian activist and friend - Oleg Kireev commited
suicide yestarday in Moscow.
He was amazing person - author of 2 important books, those one who
organised several big activist campaigns (Against All, Barricade) and
a trigger of many artistic and activist movements in Moscow. Also
pioner and promoter of free soft ware (active participant of Next
Five Minutes festivale in Amsterdam) and transform contributor
Being a good friend with Oleg I could say that he is definitely is
one more victim of new repressive climate in Russian political life
that gives no way for such a brilliant persons to realise even a
small part of their dreams and ambitions.
We miss him a lot - it is a big loss for the whole situation in Russia.
Dmitry Vilensky
ps - in att the photo of Oleg speaking at Russian Social Forum in 2006
http://lists.t0.or.at/wwsympa.fcgi/info/transversal-list
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Kuenstlerische Leiterin / Artistic Director
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