Tobias Zielony - Maskirovka, 2017

Maskirovka, 2017

Tobias Zielony‘s new work produced in Ukraine between 2016 and 2017 focuses on the underground queer and techno scene in Kyiv in the aftermath of the 2013 revolution. 

The term ‚maskirovka‘ describes a tradition of Russian warfare tactics of deception. The so called „green men“ that occupied Crimea and helped pro-Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine were in fact Russian special forces wearing face masks to hide their identities, starting a hybrid war that was never offic...