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Andre Breton’s surrealist act of firing blindly into the crowd would certainly lead to a conviction

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Specialist lawyer Jakob Braeuer in conversation with Tea Tupajic, Joanna Warsza.

Artist / Author Various
Reference A0560
Date 2013
Journal Frakcija
Journal date Summer 2013
Journal page 91-95
Type Article

Keywords

avant-garde cultural policy Jakob Braeuer Joanna Warsza law Pussy Riot risk Tea Tupajić

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