Reader and a million

- Eugene, we were very glad that we scored a million on crowdfunding. Have you somehow guessed the moment that it was your contribution that helped to get Colta.ru a million?

- Of course not. But when you wrote to me, I immediately remembered the moment from the film “Dejavu” - remember, was it like that? There, a foreigner comes to Russia, a solemn delegation meets him at the pier and handed a huge ship's layout with the words: "We have a hundred thousandth traveler." I immediately introduced this huge ship that they will hand me.

- Unfortunately, we only have cookies and Borjomi. In general, how are you in our editorial office? Cosy?

- In general, I am indifferent to the outside. It is important for me that inside, essence. And the outer side is at least where.

- Here we have contemporary art on the walls hanging.

-By the way, I am of great interest to modern art, although I do not always understand and accept it, sometimes it seems to me that this is some kind of wiring. But in general I am interested, I go to exhibitions.

- And what has been remembered lately?

- I went to an exhibition from the Samara Museum "Russian Avangard": in fact, this is the last thing I really liked. She took place at the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art. There were Lentulov, Malevich. In general, the exhibition is very good, although there was no excitement, it was possible to calmly come, to come, to walk among four to five people in the halls, it is generally great.

- Yes, it is more pleasant than walking along a crowded museum, when you feel as if you were in the subway at rush hour.

- It's generally hard when they breathe, stand. Well, it would be silently stood in silence, and many people immediately begin to express their opinion. And here is also from contemporary art, only from another area: I really liked the play “The perfect husband” Konstantin Bogomolov.

- Did you publish a round table on this production on our site, read it?

- Yes. I have been reading your resource for a long time, even when I was openspace , I entered your site too with interest, it was more diverse there. And from there she had already switched to Colt.

- So you read us from the very beginning?

- Not sure that from the very beginning, but for a long time.

- And what do you like best?

- In the first place, visual arts, music, and the second is probably society: political points, because often on your site I meet opinions that are close to me. Unfortunately, the material of my namesake Katerina Gordeeva turned out to me very close to me.

- And after it you first decided to participate in crowdfunding?

- Probably, this also played a role. I read this, I was very imbued with, because it is true, because everything is true in it. And how insulting it is.

- And what would you like to read about?

- Yes, it seems to be about what I said about. I would not want to read about sport at all, and so - art, society. In general, I am always interested in reading about extraordinary people, no matter what they do.

-Or better tell me what you like, do not like, is it worth it to somehow change? If so, in which direction?

-Until now, despite my solid age, I do not think that I should teach someone life. No, categorically not. On the contrary, I look closely at my children, they are more oriented in modern life. I try to resemble them. I do not think that I can teach someone anything other than practical skills.

- How to cook jam?

- How to bake pies. I get the pies better.

“What would you wish Kolta?”

- I wish you all kinds of success, because I want to have something to read. Because so everything is shrinking around. Of course, I am self -sufficient, but still.

- As I understand it, you read the Colt through Facebook, but do you write comments?

- I can’t say that I often write, but I put likes, yes.

- That is, you have no problems with the Internet. Watch the TV?

- Extremely little, very little. I watch the channel "Culture", and then not every day. I don’t like to just sit at all, staring at something. The Internet gives at least the illusion that I am participating in something: discussion in the comments, the possibility of choosing-I did not like it, I went to another page. And on TV that they seem, as they say, they seem to be. I can only turn it off, my other participation is not supposed.

Be sure to take turns sticking to the refrigerator, tease some of my friends.

- By the way, you are magnets with the works of “blue noses”, which, from the point of view of the Duma, can take place through the department of propaganda of homosexuality, why did you buy?

- Because I am categorically against homophobia, all this unfolding campaign. Although I have never had and have no attitude towards this, but I think that people in their private life have the right to anything. If this is done at home: people are adults, and they can do anything. If this is publicly, then I am against heterosexual relations in public, to be honest. I was in Spain, early in the morning I went for a walk and saw naturally right on the lawn. This is unpleasant.

-Oh-oh-oh. And hang magnets on the refrigerator?

-Yes, I will hang some. One at first, all at once - a lot.

- Police?

-Yes, everything began with them, in my opinion, I read about it: they were indignant at the exhibition. I recently read a book about the Somerset Maema from a series of ZhZL, because I really like his novels. I discovered many unexpected things. He once in his youth wrote the novel “The burden of human passions” and described the love of a young man for a woman. At the same time, he understands that she is a completely unbearable woman, a prostitute, does not love him, uses him. But he cannot tear himself away from her. And so I read about him in ZhZL, and suddenly it turns out that he was a homosexual. And he had in mind some waiter, not a woman. But it was necessary to describe the passion for a woman! But it turns out he wrote all this about a man! But the book is strong, of course. Moreover, he has many novels, they are all wonderful, but some distant. And in this, Maugham writes about himself.

- Well, now it’s clear why you bought the “blue noses” magnets.

- I will definitely take turns in the refrigerator, tease some of my friends. I'll see how someone reacts.

“And what do you think the reaction will be?”

- My children and I are very different, but in the basic concepts we converge, in relation to unconventional love - too.

- And how will friends react?

- One will be silent diplomatically, pretend that she did not notice. And the other is extremely negative. Of course, he will say: “What a disgrace! How can you! And how does it fit in you? " I somehow tried to show her the ballet of the English choreographer Matthew Burn. He put the swan lake about twenty years ago - this is such a masterpiece! I tried to show this to my friend, but she replied: "No, I can’t watch this disgrace." And I am delighted!

- Do you love the theater very much?

- Madly. And now there is an opportunity to ride some premieres abroad, I use every opportunity.

- Wow! Where did you go the last time? Tell us, please.

- Since ancient times, I really love the production of opera director Dmitry Chernyakov very much. More than 10 years ago, he put the “The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh” in Mariinka. It was so great! I then fell in love with him and now I try to follow his work. I went to Amsterdam to the prime minister, again, Kitezh, he put it in a completely different way than in Mariinka, but just fantastically. All four and a half hours I not only listened, but sat, opening my mouth, looked at the stage, while it was an opera.

In the fall of 2012, I went to Madrid, Chernyakov put the opera Macbeth, I also liked it, although it was made more traditionally. But “Kitezh” - there they run with machine guns, which is just not happening in ancient Rus'.

- By the way, did you see the new Pussy Riot clip?

- No, modern music is not close to me. Of the modern artists, I like Peter Nalich.

- Were at his concerts?

-No, I was not, I somehow roam, honestly.

- Crowds?

- Yes, crowds. Concerts are constantly held in clubs, and then, we are very wrong with age. Abroad to talk with a young man, discuss some problems, expressing opinions on equal terms is a commonplace business. It is impossible with us. They will think: “What does she understand at all? The old woman came to the concert at B2. " People do not understand that they themselves will someday at age.

Frankly, and on the “perfect husband” I went with skepticism. I look, some excerpts, everything is fragmented. I thought that no, he would not get it all. And then he gathered all this, I thought: “Well done! He collected everything, linked everything, everything in the main idea, wonderful! " I welcome this. The most important thing in any business, and in journalism too, is to convince a person.

- Katerina Gordeeva convinced you.

- Very, unfortunately.

- Would you also leave?

- With my character - yes. If I were at least 40 years old, I would not be here. I, as I get an annual visa, begin to go abroad, I can’t stop. Now I fell in love with Bavaria, such amazing places in the foothills of the Alps, such beauty, such purity. In addition, I have been signed for shares of the main airlines and track special offers for tickets.

- A good hobby is to fly abroad. Is there any more?

-I graduated from MEPhI, after the institute I was engaged in nuclear physics and quit in the 90s, because at that time they did not pay us anything.

- Wait, nuclear physics? Seriously?

- Yes, then it seemed that we would release now, we would turn science, but this did not happen.

- And what after the collapse of the USSR?

- In spite of everything, the nineties were a wonderful time when the wind of freedom blended. It seemed that we would stand, regardless of the absence of that, as they say, not by bread. Nevertheless, it was also necessary to eat, so I made leather jewelry - earrings, bracelets, pendants - and sold them. And ten years for me it was not a hobby, but by work. And after the nineties, this feeling of freedom disappeared.

- And what do you think the reason?

- In the people, we have such a people, and I do not separate myself from the people. Who knows, maybe you, young, change everything.

- Time will show. Thank you!