The leadership of the Moscow Youth Biennale is accused of violation of labor rights

Artists, curators and journalists turned to the organizers and curator of the IV Moscow International Biennale of young art demanding to ensure fair payment and working conditions.

“Social and economic inequality within cultural institutions as part of the inequality of Russian society is what the Moscow International Biennale of Young Art proclaims for the fourth time in a row,” the petition, published on the Artix website, said.

“Young, novice participants were attracted by the opportunity to implement their project and get an exhibition site in Moscow, but in practice every time it turns out that they receive a meager budget for the work, round -the -clock duty on installation, lack of necessary materials and technical equipment, problems with the placement and movement in Moscow, difficulties in communicating with the organizers. Many pay for the work, installation and transportation costs from their personal funds. ”

Noting that the curator of Biennale David Elliot as a topic chose the speech of Martin Luther King “I have a dream” , the authors of the petition remind - he said it on August 28, 1963 on a march on Washington for jobs and freedom.

“The curator is right - among artists, curators, and those who are involved in the organization of Biennale, there are dreams! And one of them is the payment of our work. - The circulation says. - Our work must be paid! And Martin Luther King would be in solidarity with us. ”

The collection of signatures under the petition on Artiks continues. In early March 2014, it will be sent to the organizers and curator of the IV Moscow International Biennale of Young Art.