Pussy Riot 'don’t give a f–k about playing nice' in ‘Laugh It Off.’
“‘Laugh It Off’ is such an appropriate title to this song because as women existing in male-dominated spaces, we’re constantly expected to be accommodating and deflect strange, presumptuous behavior gracefully and without ruffling any feathers,” Vérité said.
Pussy Riot are also launching the UnicornDAO Tuesday to raise the profiles of women and LGBTQ+ artists, whose art represents as little as five percent of NFT sales. Some of the DAO’s supporters include Guy Oseary , Vérité, and World of Women, among others. Each member of the DAO contributes both capital and time. MoonPay is offering a set at the DAO to members of the public via a social media campaign.
“The goal of UnicornDAO is to bring more tools, capital, and power to women-identifying and LGBTQ+ people,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement. “We still have the same ethos as Pussy Riot did over 10 years ago; bringing equality, justice, and joy to communities that have been historically underrepresented. Art made by women sells for 50 percent less than works by men. If you’re a female or LGBTQ+ identifying person, you make more compromises than your male-identified counterparts.
Pussy Riot will participate in a UnicornDAO launch event at South by Southwest on March 11 at Empire Garage. Admission is free.that will feature 10 pieces of artwork made by women and LGBTQ+ artists that will appear on billboards in nine states. For the effort, Pussy Riot teamed with SaveArtSpace, which asked artists to reflect on female empowerment, smashing the patriarchy, and the call for equitable pay across genders.
For the campaign, Tolokonnikova selected art by Michele Pred, Autumn Breon and Michele Pred, REKA NYARI, Fatimazohra Serri, Van Velden Studio, Aminta Paiz, EllaSuper, Niohuru X, Jess Whittam, and Holly Silius to run alongside 11 works by Tolokonnikova herself. The billboards will run in New York, California, Tennessee, Nevada, Missouri, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, and Alabama.endeavors inspired her to launch the UkraineDAO.