{"id":3656,"date":"2025-12-26T10:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nottoday.media\/en\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2025-12-28T12:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:14:53","slug":"you-end-up-useful-exactly-where-you-trained-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nottoday.media\/en\/activism\/you-end-up-useful-exactly-where-you-trained-part-ii","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou end up useful exactly where you trained.\u201d Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arrest, a lost passport, 40 days of Russian “khthon” in Orel, and an escape from the cops to a free country \u2014 you could read about all this in the first part of our conversation with Papa Bo. In this second part, we offer you the continuation of our talk, moving away from prisons and arrests to discuss the Belarus Outside Sound System, what to expect (and what not to expect) from the music scene remaining in Belarus, and whether music can truly be apolitical in our time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Papa Bo, Belarus Outside Sound System<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 This next series of questions is dedicated to music. After “Korpus” closed, you and part of its team created <\/strong>Belarus Outside Sound System<\/a><\/strong>. Tell us about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Belarus Outside Sound System is a touring Belarusian musical initiative. The idea for it was born right after moving, when we found ourselves in Georgia just as Russia’s war against Ukraine began. We realized that the best thing we know how to do is create loud, conceptual events. At that time, a massive wave of emigrants hit Georgia, including Belarusians, who weren’t always treated well because the invasion of Ukraine had been launched from Belarusian territory.<\/p>\n

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