RE:akt! Action #9: Landing on the Red Square < home "You have to be young to be able to re-act." (Hana Batistič)  Description On May 28th 1987 a Cessna 172B flew undetected all the way from Malmi airport in Helsinki, landing in Moscow's Red Square. After a few minutes, the young german pilot Mathias Rust got out of the plane and gave people his autograph. He was then arrested by the Soviet authorities and his plane confiscated. Rust flew into the Soviet Union on the national border guard's holiday. The date was chosen on purpose because it's well known that during this holiday every national guardian is drunk. On January 2009 Mare Bulc will re-enact this action landing on Irwin's "Black Square on the Red Square".

Moscow 28.5.1987: Landing on the Red Square Subject: RE:akt! Action: Landing on the Red Square Location: Red Square, Moskow, Russia Date: Jan. 2007 Author: Janez Janša Performer: Mare Bulc   Production: Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana Producer: Marcela Okretic Co-Production: Zavod Intima and Zavod NoHistory (Slovenia) Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia the Municipality of Ljubljana the European Cultural Foundation www.reakt.org powered by