The Zastolle project is a reflection and documentation of social and political processes in Belarus, performed by ДЮ (DY), a multimedia artist-duo of Belarus-born artists Daria Sazanovich and Yuliya Tsviatkova. The work refers to the traditional Slavic feast, which is “attended” by various representatives of Belarusian society, from repressed students to policemen. The Zastolle performance took place at the Bremen-based platform aRaum on September 23–29, 2021. This fragment of the Zastolle performance features some of the most recognizable symbols of the Belarusian protests of 2020. The torn passport is a direct reference to the brave action of Belarusian female political leader Maria Kolesnikova, who tore her passport after being kidnapped and taken to the Ukrainian border in September 2020. The blue hand is an allusion to a saying by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenka, who famously quipped that he was not going to hold onto power with his blue fingers, a common side effect of a medical condition known as peripheral cyanosis
