Julia Buruleva
Medium: photography
Censored by: Instagram
Was there a notification of removal and if so what was the reason given?:
First report: Yes. "Your post goes against our community standards on nudity or sexual activity"
Second report: Yes "Your post goes against our community standards on nudity or sexual activity"
What dates were you censored?: December 10, 2022/November 26, 2022
Were you given an opportunity to appeal? If so, did you appeal and what was the response?:
First report: I did appeal but in the response they confirmed that "Your post goes against our community standards on nudity or sexual activity"
Second report: I did appeal but in the response they confirmed that "Your post goes against our community standards on nudity or sexual activity" so I re-uploaded the work with more ugly censorship.
What have the consequences been for you because of these removals? Please describe in best detail:
After a lot of cases of strikes from Instagram my profile is always in shadowban, which means I can not promote my art and develop my account. That means loss of income as I am an artist and my art is the only form of income in my life. Of course, it´s very frustrating and demotivating for me.
Please write additional comments:
I would like to add the description of my recent project Synchronization (I’ve submitted the work from this project) which is always really problematic to post on social media:
CONCEPT This is my current self-portrait project, which combines elements of photography, motion, land art, performance, and digital art. I seek out unique locations, whether they are famous or unknown, and incorporate compositions featuring different positions of my body within the landscapes. I interact with nature and align my movements with the lines, geometry, and colors of the places I visit. For me, this project is also a performance, usually lasting between half an hour to an hour. Sometimes, I have an audience, and other times it's a personal interaction with nature.
TECHNIQUE I use digital processing to create this work, combining multiple images of myself taken from one point into a single composition. However, all images are real representations of my body's movements during this prolonged performance
Your website: http://www.buruleva.com
Your Instagram: http://instagram.com/julia.buruleva