In 2021, Fashion Speaks continues its series of supportive activities advocating for freedom and democracy for the Belarusian nation. On Monday, September 20, Ludmila Christeseva celebrates her mother’s birthday on the streets of Stockholm, as she is banned from visiting her mother and her native town in Belarus.

The act includes targeting the large Swedish company Ikea, urging them to cease supporting Lukashenko’s dictatorship by manufacturing furniture in Belarus. The protest installation is supported by Ukrainian visual artist Irina Jonsson (@aquasandart), who has designed a collection of informational postcards to amplify the message.

Fashion Speaks for Belarus 2021 #standwithbelarus #freebelarus:

20.09.2021 – Belarus: Happy Birthday, Mama! A protest performance undermining Ikea’s manufacturer and trading network in Belarus.
24.04.2021 – Belarus: Kultur som motstånd för Kulturnatt Stockholm 2021.
23.03.2021 – Belarus: Man SKA hänga sin byk i rätt ideologisk riktning! The presentation of the laundry installation at the headquarter Systembolaget Kungsträdgårdsgatan 14, 111 47 Stockholm.
16.03.2021 – Belarus: Man SKA hänga sin byk i rätt ideologisk riktning! The presentation of the laundry installation at the headquarter Systembolaget Kungsträdgårdsgatan 14, 111 47 Stockholm.
6.03.2021 – Belarus: Protest performance stop selling Sovetskoe Igristoe Systembolaget. VENUE: Systembolaget shop in Danderyd.
7.10.2020 – Activist talk: Focus Belarus, Performance – sewing of the Belarusian national flag within the frameworks for Hotel Cinema Queer 2020.
3.10.2020 – Belarus: Man SKA hänga sin byk i rätt ideologisk riktning! Performance walk with laundry installation, designed to inform Swedes about violence and outrage of the Belarusian government.
11.09.2020 – Birthday Party for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, which included the production of the video-greeting for the folk president and Sky – workshop with Belarusians living in Sweden.
4.09.2020 – Perfromance – sewing of the Belarusian national flag within the frameworks for Superlocal 2020’s programme: #137 Bilder av Ryssland – Release på Superlocal 2020. Curator: Katerina Zolotova.
30.10.2020 – Video screening and artist talk, joined by Ulrika Skoog Holmgaard, international cultural producer, at Vaginale – Vienna International Feminist Art Festival
28.08.2020 – Vitt Rött Vitt = Frihet Kärlek Fred, perfromance -sewing of the Belarusian national flag at Norrmalmstorg.
24.08.2020 – Fashion show “Crafts as weapon” at Humlegårdsgatan. The artists were presenting a collection of fashion accessories produced by Belarusian women.