Action water painting for climate defenders

This is an improvised tribute to the 30 activists and journalists who were brutally seized by Russian security forces in the Barents Sea. At the time of Joakim Stampe’s performance, these climate defenders were facing long sentences in Russia for “hooliganism“ -- for peacefully trying to call attention to the mindless oil drilling in the Arctic. After over 90 days in Russian prisons and courts, the climate defenders were granted amnesty and able to return to their families. But the fight to save t