monstration
Sign in to savethumb|Monstration signs are meant to be nonsensical, like "Raccoons are people too!"
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thumb|Monstration signs are meant to be nonsensical, like "Raccoons are people too!"
A monstration is a public performance similar to a demonstration but intended as creative performance art, often parodying a serious demonstration. The term was coined by Russian artist Ivan Dyrkin in 2004, and the phenomenon has been most popular in Russia.
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