moscow digest 20&21-th of september

Moscow DigestSeptember 20th&21th 2014 www.intermarkrelocation.ru

TOP5 Anticafe in Moscow

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

BALLETSwan Lakep.21

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

COSMOSCOWRussia’s only international

fair for contemporary

artp.13

MUSIC FOR ALL TASTES

Bach & Jazzp.16

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 possi-bility 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 Anti-Cafe 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 Moscow06 u Festival of colours Holi and the battle of pillows!08 u Watermelon Weekend

Sports in Moscow10 u Bike festival « Jauza »

Markets and fairs in Moscow12 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 Moscow16 u Concert « Italian Barocco »16 u «Bach & Jazz»17 u Concert Real Jam17 u Video clip shooting for the musical group Frukty (Fruits)

18 u TOP5 ANTICAFE18 u Guitar & Tea Party

Ballet in Moscow20 u 5 evenings of American Ballet21 u The Swan Lake in Bolshoy theatre

Exhibitions in Moscow23 u The ten commandements. Supermatist ligature24 u Personal (Hi-)stories

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Contents:

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 col-ours Holi and the battle of pillows!

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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 com-plex Luzniki, the event was so popular and receives so many requests to make it for a new time, that the organizer decid-ed to repeat it.

1 bag of colour powder: from 150 RUB

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Everyone from little age knows the battle of pillows =) Remem-ber 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 ambi-ance.

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 accom-panied by great music from Moscow DJs and dance perfor-mances.

On September 21thStart: 02.00pm (Holi) 05.00pm (Pillows)Entrance fee: Free

Park 50 years of Octoberm. Prospekt VernadskogoUdaltsova str.www.park50let.ru

especially good for that is the watermelon.

On the master class you will learn how to carve a watermel-on, be sure it will be easy to repeat at home and to deco-rate your next party with an edible centrepiece!Also find there plenty of differ-ent watermelon jams, cock-tails 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 21thOpen time: 12.00am-06.00pmEntrance fee: free

Cultural centre « Salut »37, Svobody str.m. Skhodnenskaya, m. Tushin-skayawww.dksalut.ru


Watermelon WeekendThe cultural centre « Salut » presents an interesting event for the sweet lovers. On Sep-tember 21th will take place a real Watermelon party! On the summer stage of the cultural centre will be organ-ised 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,

Sportsin Moscow

The bicycle culture is now growing very fast in Moscow. Before the « Day without cars » on Monday, Moscow government organise an amazing and healthy Bike fes-tival.

Bike festival « Jauza »The second circuit bike festival “Jauza” will be held in Moscow in the North-Eastern Admin-istrative District on Septem-ber 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 ama-teur mountain bike orienteering competition. Route competi-tions 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 re-ceive 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 char-acters, or favourite cartoon he-roes. 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 compe-titions and learn about cycling from professional travellers.

On September 20thEntrance fee : FreeOlonetskiy Lanem. Babushkinskayawww.yauzafest.ru

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 choos-es 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!


Markets and fairsin Moscow

This weekend find a great choice of mar-kets and fairs. From the unique in Russia international fair for contemporary art to fair of Traditional Russian crafts from arti-sans and farmers.

International Art Fair « Art-Moscow »The fair is specially created for collectors, artists, representa-tives of museums and galler-ies, art dealers, critics, journal-ists and just art lovers.

Quality of contemporary art is not uniform a tour days. To-gether with the works of a high level, there is an art, which has an impact on popular cul-ture, which can not withstand criticism of experts. Therefore, the organizers of the exhibi-tion “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 manag-ers, from around the country. The mission is to disseminate knowledge about contempo-rary art and increase its availa-bility. Fair will be accompanied by presentations, lectures and workshops, installations and performances. Art students will show their work.

September 20th&21thEntrance fee : 1 ticket 400RUB, family ticket for 4 persons 800RUB, group of 10 persons 2000 RUB

Central House of Artists10, Krimsky Val, str.m. Oktyabrskayawww.art-moscow.ru


International Market of contemporary art « Cosmoscow »Especially for all contempo-rary 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, Cos-moscow, will bring together the country’s contemporary art scene and the international art community, showcasing artists previously unseen on the Russian art market along-side established and emerging artists from the region.Led by the Fair’s Founding Di-rector Margarita Pushkina and co-director Sandra Nedvet-skaia 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 con-temporary focus.

A programme of non-commer-cial 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 program-ming from

The prices of art objects will vitiate between 500 and 2 000 0000 euro.Entrance fee : 50-250RUB

The Manezh1 Manezhnaya square, m. Okhotniy Ryad.cosmoscow.com

Work by: Rina Spolingis

the Garage Museum for Con-temporary Art. At its vernis-sage, Cosmoscow will also host exclusive contemporary art auction, off white, to benefit The Naked Heart Foundation.


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.

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 pres-ent their goods, will attend the event “Feast big as the World”.

The market space will be divid-ed 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.

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 20thStart time : 12:00Entrance fee : free

Izmailovo Kremlin (KRK “Kremlin in Izmailovo”)Izmailovo Highway 73zhm. Shosse Entuziastovwww.kremlin-izmailovo.com

Musicin Moscow

This weekend will sound in a mix of classi-cal music and jazz. Find interesting concerts of classical Ital-ian music, modern jazz collectives, inter-esting mix of the two styles and for those who like cosy home atmosphere an amaz-ing guitar and tea concert.

Concert « Italian Barocco »The prizewinners of interna-tional contests Lada Morozova (Violin) and Evgeniy Avramen-ko (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.

September 21thStart : 7.00pmTickets : 600-1200 RUB

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

The original combination of in-struments - saxophone, organ and piano, as well as rarely performed in jazz interpreta-tion 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.

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

Dmitry Kutafin - a graduate of the Russian Academy of Mu-sic. Dmitry leads concert and educational activities. Musi-cian working in different styles and directions of jazz music. Dmitry is a member of many jazz festivals.

September 20thStart : 7.00pmTickets : 600 RUB

Central Museum of Musical Culture4, Fadeeva str.m. Mayakovskayawww.glinka.museum

Saints Peter and Paul Lutheran Cathedral7, Starosadskiy Lanem. Kitay Gorodwww.lutherancathedral.ru


Concert Real JamReal 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 in-strumentalists 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 ar-rangements, three-part vocals in combination with high per-formance skills of musicians helped REAL JAM take its place on the Russian jazz scene and become one of the most popular teams in Russia.

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 week-end 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.

Each concert - a journey through time to the accompa-niment of the best jazz songs of the past, starting with the basics - New Orleans and Chi-cago 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&Action-Date=2014-09-20+20:30

September 20thStart : 8.30pmTickets : 500-1800RUB

Jazz club « Akademitcheskiy »1, Donskaya str.m. Oktyabrskaya, m. Schabo-lovskayawww.akademrest.ruwww.real-jam.com

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 TV-show “Vetcherniy Urgant”.

To have more chance to be in the video-clip, learn the dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe6qzPaEJdI

On September 20thStart: 02.00pmMeeting point: near the foun-tainsEntrance fee: free

VDNH (All-Russian Exhibition Center)119, Prospekt Miram. VDNH


ANTICAFE

CHOICE

Guitar & Tea Party 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 every-body will be happy to listen to your music!

TOP5 ANTICAFEThe Anticafe is relatively new business in Moscow. It’s plac-es 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.1m. Chistie Prudywww.zdver.comStay 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. Pos-sibility to read books, work (Wifi), play piano and meet nice people.12, Pokrovka str.m. Kitay GorodStay fee: 2RUB/minziferblat.net/

Anticafe TimeTerria Anticafe chain. Many activities, 3d movies, X-box, Wifi, Office (computers, printers, scan-ners)3, 5th Monetchikovskiy lane, bld. 1m. PaveletskayaStay Fee: 140 RUB/1st hour, 108 RUB/hour

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 Prudywww.wdndoor.com

Anticafe “Kvartira 7” (Appar-tement 7) (+18)The atmosphere of an apart-ment, always-light rock music. X-box. WiFi68, Bolshaya Ordynka str., bld.1m. TretyakovskayaStay Fee: 2 RUB/min (after 1 hour 1RUB/min)

September 20thEntrance fee : 300 RUB + stay fee from the anticafe

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


Balletin Moscow

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renais-sance 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-win-ning New York City choreog-rapher, was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She re-ceived her formal training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, where, as a student, she helped originate the ongo-ing Stephen Godfrey Chore-ographic Showcase. To date, she has collaborated with and created works for Mikhail Bar-yshnikov, 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 mas-ter-classes, mentored and created for renowned training institutions including Har-vard University, The Juilliard School, New York University etc. Other works include cho-reography 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 found-er. The company has toured in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Aus-tralia.

“AWAA”

Awaa means “mother” in the language of the Haida Gwaii language of northwest Cana-da native people. The pro-duction 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 as-pects of being human: what it means to be born, notions of gender, and the complexity of having a body.

The idea came from a dream Barton had while choreo-graphing 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.

Choreography by Aszure BartonMusic by Lev Zhurbin and Curtis MacdonaldLighting design by Burke Brown

September 19th and 20th Start : 08.00pm

Stanislavski and Ne-mirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre17, B. Dmitrovskaya,m. Chekhovskaya, m. Push-kinskaya, m. Tverskayastanmus.ruwww.aszurebarton.com


The Swan Lake in Bolshoy theatreSwan Lake, is a ballet com-posed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai-kovsky 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 Be-gichev and Basil Geltser.

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

Libretto by Yuri Grigorovichafter scenario by Vladimir Be-gichev and Vasily GeltserChoreographer: Yuri Grigor-ovich (2001 version)Scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov,Alexander Gorsky usedDesigner: Simon VirsaladzeMusic Director: Pavel SorokinLighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov

September 20th : 12 :00amSeptember 20th : 07 :00pmSeptember 21th : 06 :00pmJanuary 22th : 07 :00pm

Bolshoy Theatre1, Teatralnaya squarem. Teatralnayawww.bolshoi.ru

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 orig-inal version, which is called one of the most successful works of the choreographer, was created by necessity: it was necessary to radically up-date the ballet before the big international tour. In particular, the libretto Rotbara disap-peared, 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.


Exhibitionsin Moscow

This weekend we focus on two inter-esting 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 com-mandments. Suprematist ligatureUntil October 26

Pop/off/art gallery opens its new season with an exhibition of Alexander Sigutin. As a mem-ber of The Association of Art-ists, 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 rep-resentation of a well-known biblical idea. For Sigutin this topic is in development: many remember his graphic black-and-white works from the series “Byzantine Suprematism” which explored religious symbolism. The other notable project was “Tracings” that depicts ca-nonical scenes from the Bible and evangelical characters as disembodied sketches, and talks about traditional iconog-raphy in relation to modernity. “Supremus with Life” toys with the composition of well known icons using Suprematist meth-ods - by means of geometric figures in the plane. In “Life of Remarkable People” Sigutin investigated the tone and struc-ture of traditional icons.

This exhibition finds common ground with Sigutin’s first pro-ject, which was dedicated to the reincarnation of traditional values in Russia. The art-ist 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 Sovi-et 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 rus-sian 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 im-pressive visual language, while the works of Alexander Sigutin simply became the individual artist’s utopia.

Entrance fee : free

Pop/off/art Gallery1, 4th Syromyatnicheskiy lane, bld.6m. Kurskayawww.popoffart.com


Personal (Hi-)storiesGarage Project Space con-cludes its program for 2014 with Personal (Hi-)stories, which focuses on less-er-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 ex-hibitions by emerging Russian curators.

Personal (Hi-)stories, brings together photo and video documentation of artistic ac-tions, 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 com-mon ideology based on social-ist ideals.

The artists in this exhibi-tion—representatives of the so-called “unofficial” art of that period—opposed this ideol-ogy and aimed to distance themselves from the politics of their respective countries, which they perceived as symp-tomatic 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

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

Within the exhibition a lecture by Mira Keratova The Per-formance of Living will take place.

Participant bios

Ján Budaj (b. 1952, Bratisla-va, 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, in-corporating elements of impro-vised theatre and sociology. He took an active part in the opposition movement Public Against Violence and the Vel-vet Revolution of 1989, leav-ing art and devoting himself to politics. Budaj is currently leader of the Slovakian party Change From Below – Demo-cratic 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 experi-mental 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 Associ-ation 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, Czechoslova-kia. Throughout the 1960s, he performed street actions for random audiences, pub-lished “unofficial” magazines, and was a member of the group Actual Art and the Flux-us movement. In 1965, he was appointed head of Flux-us-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 con-ceptual actions consisting of barely perceptible incursions into the everyday life of mid-1970s 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 com-positions 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


“social”) along with artist Stano Filko and thinker Zita Kostro-va.

Jan Mlčoch was born in 1953 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. His performances and ac-tions, which would normally take place in apartments or suburbs, witnessed by a small circle of friends, tested the lim-its of the human body, charted the boundaries of personal space, and altered viewer per-ception. 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.

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 paint-er, 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 devot-ed to linguistic and semiotic readings of art.

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

film, performance, visual po-etry, and mail art. Partum has lived in Berlin since 1983.

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.

Endre Tot was born in 1937 in Sümeg, Hungaria. He first delved into art informel, mov-ing on to mail art and perfor-mance in the early 1970s, gen-res 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.

Stano Filko (b. 1937, Velka Hrdna, Czechoslovakia) per-formed 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 Ko-strova. Filko’s later practices involve a fully fledged cosmol-ogy that, similar to Happsoc, encompasses the entire world in the form of art, covering a range of genres from installa-tions to happenings, objects, and drawings. His works fea-tured at the 1982 Documenta, and at the 2005 Venice Bien-nale.

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 Ac-tionists, which work with and explore the limits of his own body.

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