Russian authorities cancel Outline Festival

This afternoon government officials entered the Outline grounds unannounced and prevented the organizers and workers from setting up the festival's stages, installations and infrastructure—despite the fact that Outline applied for and received all permits and licenses necessary to throw the event in a legally appropriate amount of time. Due to these unfortunate circumstances beyond our control, the festival was forced to close and was prohibited from moving to other venues in the city. Outline is deeply saddened by the authorities' decision to shut down the event, and we sincerely regret the inconvenience to all of our guests in Moscow, throughout Russia and around the world. We would like to thank all of the artists, crew and volunteers who put so much love and time into building out all of the installations and stages on site. We would like to list the artists here who's work will sadly not be exhibited. STFNV Nootk Naiti 4S4R Adil Aubekerov Mediamed Volna Igor Skaletskiy Laboratory ABC Ekaterina Konovalova Tatyana Ludanik Vlad Omutov Galya Chriva Dashe Ilunga Tanya Fabrique Ilya Visokosov Fedor Miller Vitai Viazi Lisa Shahno 4S4R Yan Kalnberzin & Polina Bakhtina Daria Tihonova Roman Fedorov Ilya Gureev Tundra Laboratory ABC Pavlik Kuznetsov Sodahaus Ivan Ninety Obrev Antonia Lev Quel Gred Ura Ulchinson Kieran Behan (Crystal Mafia) Marie Alice Brandner-Wolfszahn – (Crocodilopolis) Idan Hayosh & Morten J. Olsen Maser Pim Palsgraaf Willem Besselink Daan Botlek Mosa 87 + Pablo Tomek RaumZeitPiraten Murat Adash Cristian Wolf Despite the devastating turn of events Outline will stand strong against the powers that be and continue to create spaces where we are free to do what we love.