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Wealth for all, 2011
Installation view "Scenarios about Europe"
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig

Belarus in figures, 2009-2011
Installation view
Drifting Station, Open Space, Vienna (A)

Belarus in Figures is a serial of diagrams, which are compiled from the numbers taken from the annually statistical reference book „Belarus in figures“. This book provides information on the socio-economic situation in the Republic of Belarus and is put together by the National Statistical Committee, the institution which is a part of the authoritarian system build up by the Belarus government. The figures should give the right and proved information about the agricultural produce, industrial products, education, number of employed, the population size and should provide a very stable image of Belarus State to its citizens. The diagrams done by Naprushkina pretend to be the real official diagrams, a part of state propaganda. These diagrams show the forged results and demonstrate how the state manipulates its institutions.

Office for Anti-Propaganda, 2010
Installation view
“Opening the Door? Belarus Art Today”,
curated by Kestutis Kuizinas,
Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius (LT)

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Сонечны шлях, 2010
Der Weg Sonne
Installation view
“Opening the Door? Belarus Art Today”,
curated by Kestutis Kuizinas,
Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius (LT)

Patriot, 2008

Patriot, 2008
250 x 356cm
Installation view "Where the east ends"
Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden

The President’s Platform (2007) might be mistaken for a minimalist sculpture, but is actually a copy of the platform owned by the present government of Belarus, whose leader is Alexander Lukashenko. For important events the platform is set up, as
a propagandistic instrument to glorify his statesmanship and divert attention from politics. The absurdity of this solitary red pedestal reflects on the excessive use of the term ‘platform’ as an imaginary basis for dialogue and freedom of speech, whilst
at the same time this freedom of speech is stifled in most ‘democratic’ societies. The stage also makes reference to the exhibition as a space where subjects that are otherwise suppressed can be discussed and reflected upon in a way that is beyond real
politics.

The president’s platform, 2007
300 x 700 x 200cm
Bad Ems

The president’s platform, 2009
300x 700x 200cm
Antrepo,
11th International
Istanbul Biennial

Virtual Democracy, 2010
Installation view
Mulhouse Biennale 010
Mulhouse

Virtual Democracy, 2010
Installation view "Rückblicke"
Polnisches Institut Berlin
Berlin

Virtual Democracy, 2010
Polnisches Institut Berlin
Berlin

Сонечны шлях, 2010
Sonechny shljach
Installation 4m x 6m 3,5m
Installation view Glob(E)Scape, curated by Daria Pyrkina, 2. Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Сонечны шлях, 2010
Sonechny shljach
Installation 4m x 6m 3,5m
Installation view Glob(E)Scape, curated by Daria Pyrkina, 2. Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

The moment the people is on the streets, the
revolution is sold out, 2009
Installation view
„Gedanken zur Revolution“
Leipzig

Presidential Elections, 2009
Installation view "Red Thread", Tanas, Berlin

Belarus in figures, 2009
Installation view „Second dialog”
3. Moscow Biennale

Belarus MTZ-50, 2008
Installation view “Friction and Conflict - cultural influence and exchange in Northeast Europe”
Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar/Sweden

During the exhibition a tractor Belarus MTZ-50 was placed in front of the museum building. This tractor was produced more than 20 years ago in the plant “Minsk Tractor Works” (MTW) in Minsk, capital of Belarus. Today about 30 000 peaple work there. The company is the pride of the country. The products are sold worldwide. The countries where the tractor “Belarus” is well-known are Russia, Iran, China and Venezuela. This tractor became a perfect propaganda object.

Belarus MTZ-50, 2008
Installation view“Friction and Conflict - cultural influence and exchange in Northeast Europe”
Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar/Sweden

Belarus today, video 4 min. 2008
The Belarusian newspaper “Belarus today”, which formerly titled first “The worker” and, until the end of 2007, „Soviet Belarus”, is the most popular state newspaper in Belarus.
It has been published since 1927 and its production is now supported by the administration of the president of Belarus. In the video „Belarus today” five working class people are standing in a line and reading out loud this newspaper. Each person intern takes one step forward and reads the selected article: five minutes of“political information. This procedure was obligatory in the time of the Soviet Union and has now been introduced again in all schools, institutions and working places in Belarus. The artist takes on the role of a curator, that is the person who organizes such“Information hour” according to all ideological state instructions.

Belarus today, 2008
Installation view
Mediations biennial Poznan

60 years victory, 2007
Installation view
bunker Cologne

The original posters were invented by the national advertising agency of Belarus, produced in a large number of copies and posted up all over the country. The posters aim at creating a new Belarusian identity and supporting a patriotic mentality. Carefully reproduced but placed in a different surrounding by Marina Naprushkina, the deeply propagandistic character of the posters is revealed.

We are Belarus!, 2007
D. Print
330 x 180cm

We are Belarus!, 2007
D. Print
330 x 180

We are Belarus!, 2007
D. Print
330 x 130

Office for Anti-Propaganda, 2008
Installation view “End of 2008”,
Graduates show
Staedel museum, Frankfurt

The video documents an intervention in public life: Marina Naprushkina
buys a portrait of President Alexander Lukashenko in a bookshop in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Following that Naprushkina crosses Minsk with the president’s portrait and strolls through the biggest streets and over the most important squares of the city; the walk lasts from morning into evening. Back at home the portrait is attached to the
wall. The national anthem is played, Marina Naprushkina is standing at attention.

Patriot II, 2007
Video stills
video, 18 min.