Comissioned by NEON Magazin, 2014
In 2013 Davide Martello, a German street musician, became famous when he played his mobile piano for three days during riots on Taksim Square in Istanbul. He played for freedom and calm people down, so he says, and when he played the violence stopped for a while and even policemen took off their helmets and listened to his music. On Easter 2014 Davide decided to play for freedom again. This time in the Ukraine while the country was on the edge to a civil war. He and his translator Vadim drove for three full days via Kiew and the Maidan Square to get to Donezk. In the East Ukrainian city he staged his piano in front of the squatted government building where pro-Russian activist have proclaimed the People’s Republic of Donezk. Not everyone welcomed him and his message of freedom.