CBA vol 70|71: A RUSSIAN DANCE WITH SHACKLES - release/exhibition

CBA vol 70|71: A RUSSIAN DANCE WITH SHACKLES – release/exhibition

CBK presents:
CBA vol 70|71: A RUSSIAN DANCE WITH SHACKLES

Where: MaU/ Niagara (ground floor, Norra Neptunigatan 1, Malmö)
When: Nov 24 (opening 15–18), end date: Dec 5

Release & exhibition for the new volume of CBA:

This issue of CBA offers new insights through voices of resistance from a neighbor who affects us all: Russia. How were its dreams of democracy shattered? How did it go from flaunting extravagant Eurovision stunts to prisoners dying at the frontline in Ukraine? From celebrating V-day with Americans on the Red Square to threatening nuclear war. Is it possible to steer into other pathways? Through the stories of Russian and ex-Russian artists, these comics share rarely heard perspectives on what it means to live within these changes, reflections that are normally out of reach for Western readers.

At the opening of the exhibition, drop by and listen to further perspectives presented by:

Bo Petersson, Professor of Political Science and IMER at Malmö University, and director of the research platform RUCARR – Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research

and

[anonymous artist] from the anthology

and

Victoria Lomasko – recorded interview with the artist, known for her work on contemporary Russian society.

CBA vol 70|71
A RUSSIAN DANCE WITH SHACKLES
2025
148 pgs
Color
ISBN: 978-91-87825-44-6

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Participating creators in this volume & the exhibition:
Comics by: Olesya Gonserovskaya [RU/UA], Victoria Lomasko [RU], Party of the Dead [exRU], Raisa Doloto [RU], manifestophilus [exRU], Mitya Pax [RU], La Blum [RU], Criminaliza [exRU], Ole Guacamole [exRU]. Interview with: Mia Liinason [SE]. Illustrations by: Åsa Harvard Maare [DK/SE]. Illustrations & co-editor: Oskar Aspman [SE]. Text & main editor: Caroline Ulvros [SE].

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The exhibition is arranged in collaboration with Malmö University, with support from Malmö Kulturnämnd.

November 14, 2025

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