In St. Petersburg, the prize named after Sergey Kurekhin was first awarded

The day before in St. Petersburg, the prize named after the famous musician and experimenter Sergei Kurekhin was first awarded. The ceremony was held in the Center for Contemporary Art, named after the founder of the "pop-mechanicals", RIA Novosti reports.

So, the Grand Prix of the Pop Mechanics for a synthetic work of art with a living musical component was awarded to the Kiev ethno-collection of Daha Brah. The musicians received a reward from the hands of the associate of Kurekhin and the participant of all his "pop-mechanical", artist Sergei Bugaev-Afric.

In turn, the best curatorial project was called Perm "B.U. Kashkin Fest." And in the nomination "Best Work of Modern Art", Peter Bely's installation won the Silence.

The prize for the best poetic performance went to the artist Andrei Bartenev - he presented a passage directly from his staging "Wash Your Hands Until You Get Holes" based on the fairy tale "Moidodyr" Korneya Chukovsky. Bartenev was awarded to the Director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Marat Gelman, whom Bartenev’s victory, in his own words, put in an uncomfortable position.

“The Government of the Perm Territory agreed that the one who received the prize in this nomination would receive the opportunity to publish a book of his poems at our funds. Apparently, now we will have to publish Chukovsky with the illustrations of Bartenev,” Helman noted.

A special prize "For Merit in the Development of Modern Art" the Organizing Committee of the Prize was noted by composer Oleg Karavaychuk. Contrary to expectations, (Karavaychuk is uneasy and known for his dislike for mass events) the musician went on stage, received a bonus from the hands of Anastasia Kurekhina and made a small speech.

“For me, this award is a big surprise. I am embarrassed, my legs even tremble. And all because Seryozha meant a lot for me,” Karavaychuk admitted. - You know, there is no modern or classical music. There is a sparrow and a puddle - that’s a sparrow drink water from a puddle, and something happens between the beak and water, the ingenious. And when the genius works - this is music, it is revived by ancient Greece. "

The Tuvan singer, who lives in Vienna, Sinho Namchilak, received the Ethnomechanics Award for the best musical ethnic project. And the winner of the Elektromekhanik prize for the best electronic musical project was the Uniquetunes group - the prize was presented to her by the leading ceremony, music critic Artemy Troitsky.

The special prize SKIF went posthumously by Boris Raiskin, the founder of the same festival in memory of Sergey Kurekhin and a close friend of the "guilter of the celebration".

Recall that all the laureates of the awards received cash prizes - the holder of the Grand Prix of the Pop Mechanics received 250 thousand rubles, the rest - 100 thousand each. In addition, each of the laureates received a special prize - the work of Sergei Bugaev Africa, who, according to the artist, represented a variation on the topic of Soviet cards with fly agaric. "