Moscow Digest 20&21-th of September

September 20th&21th 2014

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Moscow Digest 2 IN 1 Festival of colours Holi & the battle of pillows! p.06

COSMOSCOW Russia’s only international fair for contemporary art p.13

BALLET Swan Lake p.21

MUSIC FOR ALL TASTES Bach & Jazz p.16

CRAFT FAIR “Feast big as the World” p.14

TOP5 Anticafe in Moscow

Dear Friends, This weekend will be terrific! Just imagine on two days you will have an exclusive possibility to buy a piece of contemporary art carefully selected by professionals, to enjoy plenty of Russian crafts, participate in amazing and fumy events.

This is not all this week we have a great selection of festivals, markets and fairs, special music and ballet section, a TOP5 selection and Expos!

The sweets lovers will enjoy the Watermelon Festival with a special food carving masterclasse and a possibility to taste cheeses, honey, cakes, oriental sweets, tea and more on the craft fair at Izmailovo Park.

If you dreamed to participate in a video clip – enjoy the event from the collective Frukty. Like Jazz and classical music- this weekend music choice will be heaven for you.

If sports is your life, check the bikefestival Jauza and prepare yourself to the “Day without card” after the weekend.

This weekend we choose to talk about the best AntiCafe in Moscow, discover the new Moscow trend and enjoy an amazing home-style event with guitar music and tea.

Find many more events carefully selected for you in our Moscow Digest.

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Contents: Festivals in Moscow 06 u Festival of colours Holi and the battle of pillows!

08 u Watermelon Weekend Sports in Moscow 10 u Bike festival « Jauza » Markets and fairs in Moscow 12 u International Art Fair « Art-Moscow » 13 u International Market of contemporary art «Cosmoscow» 14 u Craft Fair « Feast big as the World» Music in Moscow 16 u Concert « Italian Barocco » 16 u «Bach & Jazz» 17 u Concert Real Jam 17 u Video clip shooting for the musical group Frukty (Fruits) 18 u TOP5 ANTICAFE 18 u Guitar & Tea Party Ballet in Moscow 20 u 5 evenings of American Ballet 21 u The Swan Lake in Bolshoy theatre Exhibitions in Moscow 23 u The ten commandements. Supermatist ligature 24 u Personal (Hi-)stories

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Moscow Weather source: gismeteo.ru

September 20th +7 +18 Sunny

September 21th +6 +18 Sunny

Festivals in Moscow Sweet & Fun – is the description of this weekend festivals in Moscow. Enjoy the watermelon weekend and the 2 in 1 event – that will make you lough as a baby.

Two terrific events in one place!

Festival of colours Holi and the battle of pillows!

The festival Holi became one of the new traditions of the city, that don’t have any relation with ancient Hindu religious festival, except the colourful powder and fun that you will get by being there.

The First time this event was organized at Olympic complex Luzniki, the event was so popular and receives so many requests to make it for a new time, that the organizer decided to repeat it.

1 bag of colour powder: from 150 RUB

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Everyone from little age knows the battle of pillows =) Remember how it was fun to fight with your friends or brothers and sisters.

Imagine having the same fun, but now. Now - when it’s looks so crazy to start a pillow battle for example at work or with your neighbours.

There you can feel yourself like a child and enjoy the feather “rain” and the amazing ambiance.

Possible to buy pillows on the place or to get there yours (prohibit to put any objects in the pillow) The two events will be accompanied by great music from Moscow DJs and dance performances.

On September 21th Start: 02.00pm (Holi) 05.00pm (Pillows) Entrance fee: Free Park 50 years of October m. Prospekt Vernadskogo Udaltsova str. www.park50let.ru

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Watermelon Weekend The cultural centre « Salut » presents an interesting event for the sweet lovers. On September 21th will take place a real Watermelon party!

On the summer stage of the cultural centre will be organised a special watermelon relay race and amazing activities for kids, as creating an application from watermelons seeds.

The most interesting part of the event will be a special master class of carving.

The food carving is relatively young type of Art, that consist of carving, not on wood, as we usually know, but on fruits, especially good for that is the watermelon.

On the master class you will learn how to carve a watermelon, be sure it will be easy to repeat at home and to decorate your next party with an edible centrepiece!

Also find there plenty of different watermelon jams, cocktails and smoothies. On the evening time of the event will take place a musical concerts and dance performance of the artistic collectives from the cultural centre « Satut » On September 21th Open time: 12.00am-06.00pm Entrance fee: free Cultural centre « Salut » 37, Svobody str. m. Skhodnenskaya, m. Tushinskaya www.dksalut.ru

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Sports in Moscow The bicycle culture is now growing very fast in Moscow. Before the ÂŤ Day without cars Âť on Monday, Moscow government organise an amazing and healthy Bike festival.

Bike festival « Jauza » The second circuit bike festival “Jauza” will be held in Moscow in the North-Eastern Administrative District on September 20th. The festival aims to popularize active and healthy lifestyles among residents of the capital, as well as support the development of the bicycle culture in Moscow.

One of the highlights of the festival will become an amateur mountain bike orienteering competition. Route competitions will be held in the green zones located along the river Jauza.

Please, pre-register here: pulse-sports.ru/?page_id=4407 (in Russian) According to the results of the competition winners will receive prizes and gifts from the organizers and partners of the event.

Young guests of the festival will be able to take part in the parade of children’s bicycles transformed in fairy-tale characters, or favourite cartoon heroes. Costumes are welcome.

In addition, guests will have the possibility to make a test drive of bikes, electro-bikes and bike-mobiles, to experience themselves in various competitions and learn about cycling from professional travellers.

On September 20th Entrance fee : Free Olonetskiy Lane m. Babushkinskaya www.yauzafest.ru

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Remember!!!

The 22th of September is the day of Bicycles!

On the international “Day without cars”, Moscow government is preparing a special event with the slogan “ Get to work by Bike!” that will show to Muscovites and guests of the city about the benefits of using a bike.

On that day the city will be full of Flash-mobs and gifts to those who chooses to ride a bike. Also in the city will be organized “energetic points” with free fresh juices and free “bike reparation points” – all to make you feel good with a bike in the city!

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Markets and fairs in Moscow This weekend find a great choice of markets and fairs. From the unique in Russia international fair for contemporary art to fair of Traditional Russian crafts from artisans and farmers.

International Art Fair

« Art-Moscow » The fair is specially created for collectors, artists, representatives of museums and galleries, art dealers, critics, journalists and just art lovers.

Quality of contemporary art is not uniform a tour days. Together with the works of a high level, there is an art, which has an impact on popular culture, which can not withstand criticism of experts. Therefore, the organizers of the exhibition “Art Moscow” set a goal to contribute to the development of modern art that meets the highest standards.

The fair supports young artists and young exhibition managers, from around the country.

The mission is to disseminate knowledge about contemporary art and increase its availability. Fair will be accompanied by presentations, lectures and workshops, installations and performances. Art students will show their work.

September 20th&21th Entrance fee : 1 ticket 400RUB, family ticket for 4 persons 800RUB, group of 10 persons 2000 RUB Central House of Artists 10, Krimsky Val, str. m. Oktyabrskaya www.art-moscow.ru

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International Market of contemporary art

« Cosmoscow » Especially for all contemporary art lovers that are now in Moscow, find an exceptional possibility to buy an art object on that weekend.

Russia’s only international fair for contemporary art, Cosmoscow, will bring together the country’s contemporary art scene and the international art community, showcasing artists previously unseen on the Russian art market alongside established and emerging artists from the region.

Led by the Fair’s Founding Director Margarita Pushkina and co-director Sandra Nedvetskaia Cosmoscow will host 26 invited international galleries from New York, London and Continental Europe alongside galleries from Russia and the CIS, selected for their high quality programming and contemporary focus.

A programme of non-commercial projects will include a new commission from the Azeri not-for-profit organisation, YARAT, an exclusive look into private Russian collections in the exhibition Collector’s Eye, a new initiative for Russian artists launched by the V-A-C Foundation and Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, and complementary programming from

Work by: Rina Spolingis

the Garage Museum for Contemporary Art. At its vernissage, Cosmoscow will also host exclusive contemporary art auction, off white, to benefit The Naked Heart Foundation.

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The prices of art objects will vitiate between 500 and 2 000 0000 euro.

Entrance fee : 50-250RUB The Manezh 1 Manezhnaya square, m. Okhotniy Ryad. cosmoscow.com

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Craft Fair “Feast big as the World” On September 20th at the Izmailovo Kremlin will be host a big Autumn Fair “ Feast big as the World,” for all lovers of delicious food, public festivals and handicrafts.

Organizers of the fair “ Feast big as the World “ had planned a varied program for guests of all ages, as : Fair crafts and handmade.

Master classes and culinary presentation.

Tasting.

Amazing culinary history.

Incendiary concert program.

Great mood and gifts.

September 20th Start time : 12:00 Entrance fee : free Izmailovo Kremlin (KRK “Kremlin in Izmailovo”) Izmailovo Highway 73zh m. Shosse Entuziastov www.kremlin-izmailovo.com

September is traditionally called the month of the harvest, it’s why it is the best to sum up the summer and show all the richness of Russia. Artisans and farmers from around the country, each of who will present their goods, will attend the event “Feast big as the World”.

The market space will be divided into two parts: gastronomy and crafts fair.

Guests will have the possibility to taste cheeses, honey, cakes, oriental sweets, tea and more, as well as learn how to prepare some of that dishes. Masters will present creative workshops about wood painting, felting of Russian winter shoes valenki, forging, stamping and design.

And of course as it’s a market, all the goods will be for sale.

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Music in Moscow This weekend will sound in a mix of classical music and jazz.

Find interesting concerts of classical Italian music, modern jazz collectives, interesting mix of the two styles and for those who like cosy home atmosphere an amazing guitar and tea concert.

Concert « Italian Barocco » The prizewinners of international contests Lada Morozova (Violin) and Evgeniy Avramenko (Organ) will present the performance “Italian Barocco”.

Musicians will perform famous works of the most prominent composers of the era: a series of concerts by Antonio Vivaldi “Four Seasons”, the Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto, arranged for organ by J.S. Bach (the greatest admirer of the Italian genius), “Adagio” by Tomaso Albinoni, “Folia” by Arcangelo Corelli and “Fugue” for organ

by Alessandro Scarlatti.

«Bach & Jazz» The concert on September 20 at 19:00 at the Central Museum of Musical Culture will include works by composers of the Baroque period, as in the original sound, and in the light jazz arrangements with different jazz styles and trends.

The original combination of instruments - saxophone, organ and piano, as well as rarely performed in jazz interpretation of classical pieces create a unique atmosphere and a good impression.

Pavel Novikov-Rastopnin saxophonist, composer and band-master. Musician leading an active concert life. Pavel takes the music of different genres, from classical to jazz.

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Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Cathedral 7, Starosadskiy Lane m. Kitay Gorod www.lutherancathedral.ru

September 21th Start : 7.00pm Tickets : 600-1200 RUB

Adele Askarova - organist, a graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky. Adele leads concert and educational activities.

Dmitry Kutafin - a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music. Dmitry leads concert and educational activities. Musician working in different styles and directions of jazz music.

Dmitry is a member of many jazz festivals.

September 20th Start : 7.00pm Tickets : 600 RUB Central Museum of Musical Culture 4, Fadeeva str. m. Mayakovskaya www.glinka.museum

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Concert Real Jam Real Jam - one of the best jazz bands in Moscow, whose style - retro jazz – that was influenced by the musical traditions of the first half of the 20th century.

Three singers and five instrumentalists revive the old tradition of American jazz and transferred to the listener in the days of black-and-white movie, big band, swing and vinyl records. Stylistically arrangements, three-part vocals in combination with high performance skills of musicians helped REAL JAM take its place on the Russian jazz scene and become one of the most popular teams in Russia.

Each concert - a journey through time to the accompaniment of the best jazz songs of the past, starting with the basics - New Orleans and Chicago jazz of the first quarter of the 20th century, continuing the tradition of the swing era of the 30s and ending with dance energy late 40s bugi- woogie style.

Tickets : www.concert.ru/Order.aspx?ActionID=46691&ActionDate=2014-09-20+20:30 September 20th Start : 8.30pm Tickets : 500-1800RUB Jazz club « Akademitcheskiy » 1, Donskaya str. m. Oktyabrskaya, m. Schabolovskaya www.akademrest.ru www.real-jam.com

Video clip shooting for the musical group Frukty (Fruits) Did you dreamed about a unique souvenir from your journey in Russia? OR did you dream to become a star of a musical clip?

Dreams come true, this weekend you have the possibility to be in the crowd scene of a musical clip in Russia! This possibility is offered by the musical collective Frukty, which will make their first musical clip.

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This will be an amazing and very fun event!

The musical group Frukty is very known in Russia, as the music band in a famous TVshow “Vetcherniy Urgant”.

To have more chance to be in the video-clip, learn the dance: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Qe6qzPaEJdI On September 20th Start: 02.00pm Meeting point: near the fountains Entrance fee: free VDNH (All-Russian Exhibition Center) 119, Prospekt Mira m. VDNH

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TOP5 ANTICAFE The Anticafe is relatively new business in Moscow. It’s places where you come and use everything as much as you want. Here you can drink tea, coffee, some times beer, to eat, to listen music or watch a movie, to play games and so on. Here you will not receive the bill for the beverages and food, but a bill for the time that you spend there. Usually the time is counted by minutes, but there are places where you pay for the hour.

We choose for you the TOP5 best Anticafe of Moscow: Anticafe “Zelenaya Dver’” (Green Door) Big garden with hammocks, flowers, Ping-Pong table and an x-box.

19/4, Milutinskiy lane, bld.1 m. Chistie Prudy www.zdver.com Stay fee: 2 RUB/min (after 1 hour 1RUB/min)

Anticafe “Wooden Door” (18+) This is the place to speak in different languages, as here is prohibit speaking Russian.

Great atmosphere of an old British pub. Beer . WiFi. 6, Milutinskiy lane, m. Chistie Prudy www.wdndoor.com Anticafe “Kvartira 7” (Appartement 7) (+18) The atmosphere of an apartment, always-light rock music.

X-box. WiFi 68, Bolshaya Ordynka str., bld.1 m. Tretyakovskaya Stay Fee: 2 RUB/min (after 1 hour 1RUB/min)

Anticafe and liberty space “Tsiferblat” (index dial) The place where you can come as in your home. Possibility to read books, work (Wifi), play piano and meet nice people.

12, Pokrovka str. m. Kitay Gorod Stay fee: 2RUB/min ziferblat.net/ Anticafe TimeTerria Anticafe chain. Many activities, 3d movies, X-box, Wifi, Office (computers, printers, scanners) 3, 5th Monetchikovskiy lane, bld. 1 m. Paveletskaya Stay Fee: 140 RUB/1st hour, 108 RUB/hour

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Guitar & Tea Party

September 20th Entrance fee : 300 RUB + stay fee from the anticafe

In the anticafe « Zelenaya dver » this weekend will take place a nice home style party with guitar music and tea. To go there you just need to keep your good mood and if you are a musician feel free to take you instrument, there everybody will be happy to listen to your music!

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Anticafe “Zelenaya Dver’” (Green Door) 19/4, Milutinskiy lane, bld.1 m. Chistie Prudy www.zdver.com Stay fee: 2 RUB/min (after 1 hour 1RUB/min)

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Ballet in Moscow Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form Russia. This weekend you will have the possibility to see a Russian classical ballet or a contemporary American ballet Dances.

5 evenings of American Ballet

Aszure Barton & Artists “AWAA” Aszure Barton, an award-winning New York City choreographer, was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She received her formal training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, where, as a student, she helped originate the ongoing Stephen Godfrey Choreographic Showcase. To date, she has collaborated with and created works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, The National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, among many others.

Aszure has also given master-classes, mentored and created for renowned training institutions including Harvard University, The Juilliard School, New York University etc. Other works include choreography for Broadway and cinema. She is the founder of her own company “Aszure Barton & Artists”.

Aszure Barton & Artists is a company of visual, sound, and performing artists, cohering in creative residencies in Canada and the United States to evoke the movement-based vision and free spirit of its founder. The company has toured in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australia.

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“AWAA” Awaa means “mother” in the language of the Haida Gwaii language of northwest Canada native people. The production was created in 2012 for seven dancers – six men and one woman. Awaa delves into the underbelly of human consciousness and explores some of the most primal aspects of being human: what it means to be born, notions of gender, and the complexity of having a body.

Choreography by Aszure Barton Music by Lev Zhurbin and Curtis Macdonald Lighting design by Burke Brown September 19th and 20th Start : 08.00pm

The idea came from a dream Barton had while choreographing at the Banff Center: she was in a rocking chair underwater, and then it was one of her dancers sitting in it. Rocking in a chair can be a way to self-soothe, and both the motion of a rocking chair and the notion of submersion are reminiscent of a fetus bobbing in the womb.

Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre 17, B. Dmitrovskaya, m. Chekhovskaya, m. Pushkinskaya, m. Tverskaya stanmus.ru www.aszurebarton.com

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The Swan Lake in Bolshoy theatre Swan Lake, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger. The Ballet premiered on 4 March 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

At the Bolshoi Theater again show “Swan Lake” edited

by Yuri Grigorovich (version 2001). Libretto created by Grigorovich, Vladimir Begichev and Basil Geltser.

This version is the author’s vision of the legendary ballet.

Grigorovich mixed his vision with elements of choreography

by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Lev Ivanov, the creators of the ballet. The original version, which is called one of the most successful works of the choreographer, was created by necessity: it was necessary to radically update the ballet before the big international tour. In particular, the libretto Rotbara disappeared, he turned into an evil genius who has found, at last, his own dance language and is now considered one of the main characters of the ballet.

This approach leaves us huge possibilities for interpretation - from the fate that tempts the prince, to the black part of the soul of a young man with whom he fights within himself.

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But the original (full version) was rejected by the censors of the USSR, and after the audience saw the whole ballet only in 2001.

Libretto by Yuri Grigorovich after scenario by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich (2001 version) Scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky used Designer: Simon Virsaladze Music Director: Pavel Sorokin Lighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov September 20th : 12 :00am September 20th : 07 :00pm September 21th : 06 :00pm January 22th : 07 :00pm Bolshoy Theatre 1, Teatralnaya square m. Teatralnaya www.bolshoi.ru

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Exhibitions in Moscow This weekend we focus on two interesting expos. What will you choose suprematism and biblical themes or on lesser-known art from the period of 1960s-80s in Eastern Europe?

The ten commandments.

Suprematist ligature Until October 26

Pop/off/art gallery opens its new season with an exhibition of Alexander Sigutin. As a member of The Association of Artists, creators of the legendary gallery in Trehprudnom lane, Sigutin needs no introduction.

For twenty years, Alexander Sigutin has explored, at his own risk, the European Christian roots, and easily translates his discoveries into the aesthetic of Russian avant-garde.

“The Ten Commandments.

Suprematist ligature”- is a logical continuation of a once popular theme with artists. The exhibition features 10 painted canvases, each Suprematist abstraction is a graphical representation of a well-known biblical idea. For Sigutin this topic is in development: many remember his graphic blackand-white works from the series “Byzantine Suprematism” which explored religious symbolism.

The other notable project was “Tracings” that depicts canonical scenes from the Bible and evangelical characters as disembodied sketches, and talks about traditional iconography in relation to modernity.

“Supremus with Life” toys with the composition of well known icons using Suprematist methods - by means of geometric figures in the plane. In “Life of Remarkable People” Sigutin investigated the tone and structure of traditional icons.

This exhibition finds common ground with Sigutin’s first project, which was dedicated to the reincarnation of traditional values in Russia. The artist himself refers to them as «The Ten Commandments».

In April 1994 the artist placed signs with key commandments around the contemporary city environement – from Pokrovka to Vorontsov Field and around the Lalin Lane area. The city still held onto elements of Soviet visual culture: signs such as «do not litter », «do not smoke », «no toilet, 5 ruble fine».

Sigutin’s signs «do not steal », «obey your mother and father » fell into place seamlessly.

The idea that it is necessary to bring back the old biblical values at that time was only verbally conveyed by the new russian government, and had not yet found its way into the russian culture. In place of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour still stood the swimming pool «Moskva». The artist tried to imagine what form this new russian religious culture might take on, when the contemporary artistic form towards the end of the 20th century joins with the new post – soviet spiritual content.

After some time the russian imperial ideology took on an impressive visual language, while the works of Alexander Sigutin simply became the individual artist’s utopia.

Entrance fee : free Pop/off/art Gallery 1, 4th Syromyatnicheskiy lane, bld.6 m. Kurskaya www.popoffart.com

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Personal (Hi-) stories Garage Project Space concludes its program for 2014 with Personal (Hi-)stories, which focuses on lesser-known art from the period of 1960s-80s in Eastern Europe, including twelve artists from the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia. The exhibition is the winning proposal selected by an international jury from the first Garage Open Call for exhibitions by emerging Russian curators.

Personal (Hi-)stories, brings together photo and video documentation of artistic actions, performances, and films realized in the public realm, exploring the boundaries between personal and public space. While it is evident that the issue of public and private can never be entirely isolated from the idiosyncratic political contexts of each country at that time, it is also true that, despite their differences, all these countries shared a common ideology based on socialist ideals.

The artists in this exhibition—representatives of the so-called “unofficial” art of that period—opposed this ideology and aimed to distance themselves from the politics of their respective countries, which they perceived as symptomatic of an outdated set of ideals long out of touch with reality. At the same time, they avoided any interpretation of their art as political gesture and insulated themselves from imposed social and political

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rules. As a result, while the public arena was a site for manifestation and affirmation of their artistic freedom, private space became an important site of resistance in their search for new artistic language and social relationships.

Within the exhibition a lecture

by Mira Keratova The Performance of Living will take place.

Participant bios Ján Budaj (b. 1952, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) began his artistic activities in the late 1970s during the so-called period of “normalization.” He was a member of the art group Temporary Society of Intense Experience, which worked in Bratislava’s public space, incorporating elements of improvised theatre and sociology.

He took an active part in the opposition movement Public Against Violence and the Velvet Revolution of 1989, leaving art and devoting himself to politics. Budaj is currently leader of the Slovakian party Change From Below – Democratic Union, and vice-mayor of Bratislava.

From the early 1960s, Tomislav Gotovac (b. 1937, Sombor, former Yugoslavia; d.

2010, Zagreb, Croatia) worked at the intersection of experimental cinema, body art, and conceptualism, producing a range of performances, films, collages, and photographs. He changed his name to Antonio Lauer in 2005. In 2007, he received the Croatian Association of Visual Artists’ Lifetime Achievement Award, and in

2011 he represented Croatia at the 54th Venice Biennial.

Milan Knížák was born in 1940 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Throughout the 1960s, he performed street actions for random audiences, published “unofficial” magazines, and was a member of the group Actual Art and the Fluxus movement. In 1965, he was appointed head of Fluxus-East by the movement’s founder George Maciunas.

In the late 1960s he traveled across Europe and the USA, participating in a number of Fluxus events, after which he returned to Czechoslovakia.

He has lectured at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts since the 1990s, and worked as director of the State Gallery in Prague from 1999 to 2011.

Jiří Kovanda’s (b. 1953 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) early career involved conceptual actions consisting of barely perceptible incursions into the everyday life of mid1970s Prague. In the 1980s he turned to painting, and in the 2000s, following a short break, he returned to this medium as well as 1970s-style conceptual performances.

Alex Mlynárčik’s (b. 1934, Žilina, Czechoslovakia) artistic career began with wood compositions in the early 1960s.

Upon visiting Paris in 1964, he was heavily influenced by the French New Realist movement, and began to create prominent happenings and actions involving random passersby. In the 1960s, he performed a series of actions titled Happsoc (derived from the words “happening” and

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“social”) along with artist Stano Filko and thinker Zita Kostrova.

film, performance, visual poetry, and mail art. Partum has lived in Berlin since 1983.

Jan Mlčoch was born in 1953 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

His performances and actions, which would normally take place in apartments or suburbs, witnessed by a small circle of friends, tested the limits of the human body, charted the boundaries of personal space, and altered viewer perception. Throughout the period 1974 to 1980, he conducted around 20 events in close collaboration with artists Karel Miler and Petr Stembera, later abandoning artistic practice to work as curator of the Prague Museum of Decorative Arts’ photography collection.

Bálint Szombathy was born in Pacsér, Yugoslavia, in 1950.

Since the 1970s, his practices have ranged from visual poetry and land art to performances and conceptual art. Grounded in the public space, his works draw upon political language, analyzing the ways in which it impacts on our everyday lives.

Neša Paripović was born in 1942 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

In the 1970s, he belonged to a circle of artists based around the Student Cultural Centre in Belgrade (SCC Gallery).

Initially launching his career in the early 1970s as a painter, he began working with photography, film, and video as early as 1973. From 1975 to 1980 he was a member of Group 143, a collective devoted to linguistic and semiotic readings of art.

Ewa Partum was born in 1945 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. She began her artistic career as a student at the Warsaw Academy of Arts in 1965 and belongs to the generation of Polish conceptualists, most notably pioneering feminism in Eastern European art. She has worked in variety of different media, including action, object art, photography,

Endre Tot was born in 1937 in Sümeg, Hungaria. He first delved into art informel, moving on to mail art and performance in the early 1970s, genres with which he still works to this day. Around the same time, he declared a “state of zero”– the concept of negation and nothingness – as both a reaction to state censorship in the public space and an acknowledgement of the new “planetary” dimension to his art. He has lived in Cologne since 1980.

Tibor Hajas was born in 1946 in Budapest, and died in 1980 in Szegend, Hungaria.

In 1967, following a year-long imprisonment for participating in a political demonstration, he began writing poetry, then, inspired by Fluxus ideas of “anti-art,” turned to actions, performances and objects in 1969, and to film and video art in 1975. After 1978, he engaged in performances in the spirit of the Viennese Actionists, which work with and explore the limits of his own body.

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Stano Filko (b. 1937, Velka Hrdna, Czechoslovakia) performed a series of conceptual actions titled Happsoc (derived from the words “happiness” and “society”) as part of a group consisting of artist Alex Mlynarcik and thinker Zita Kostrova. Filko’s later practices involve a fully fledged cosmology that, similar to Happsoc, encompasses the entire world in the form of art, covering a range of genres from installations to happenings, objects, and drawings. His works featured at the 1982 Documenta, and at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

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Edition September 20th&21th 2014

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