"PUSSY RIOT, THE RUSSIAN FEMINIST PUNK ROCK COLLECTIVE, IS A GLOBAL SYMBOL OF COURAGE AND ARTISTIC RESISTANCE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPRESSION AND ABUSE OF POWER. THEIR LEGAL BATTLES, SUCH AS THE PUSSY RIOT VS. RUSSIA CASE, UNDERSCORE THE GROUP'S COMMITMENT TO USING THEIR ART AS A FORM OF PROTEST FOR FREE SPEECH. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURAL HISTORY, THE WORK OF PUSSY RIOT IS ROOTED IN DADAISM AND FLUXUS AND IN A BROADER SENSE IN THE POLITICAL ART OF 20TH-CENTURY ACTIONISM, WHILE TAKING THE METHODS OF HAPPENING AND PERFORMANCE ART TO THE EXTREME IN THE UNPROTECTED ENVIRONMENT OF PUBLIC SPACES. THE SAVVY AWARD FOR PUSSY RIOT IS NOT JUST RECOGNITION OF THEIR ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS BUT ALSO A TRIBUTE TO THEIR RESILIENCE AND UNYIELDING COMMITMENT TO CHALLENGING OPPRESSIVE FORCES."