The history of street performances from the 90s will be shown in Novosibirsk

The exhibition “Repetition of the unengated”, dedicated to the corporatism in Siberia-street performances and happenings of the 1980-90s, will open in the Novosibirsk house of the actor. With the exposition, summarizing the new artistic practices of perestroika Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, you can familiarize yourself with free.

The exhibition “Repetition of the unengated” is a joint project of the Siberian branch of the State Center for Contemporary Art with the support of the Novosibirsk branch of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation and curator Sergei Samoilenko will open in the Novosibirsk house of the actor on November 6 at 17:00 local time.

The exposition, for the first time shown in the spring of 2015 in Tomsk, is an attempt to represent the art of a performance and a happy time of perestroika in connectedness, “as a kind of common answer to the challenges of time, as a desire to find new forms of art for the eyes of reality,” the organizers explain.

“In all three cities, the initiators of new forms of existence and presentations of art were writers and theaterarians, -

told

The curator of the exhibition Sergei Samoilenko on the eve of its opening at the GTSIA. - In Tomsk, this is the group “The World Association of New Proletarian Writers”, united around the figure of the poet Maks Baturin. In Kemerovo - the "Lodge" theater created by Eugene Grishkovts, and musicians and artists joined him. In Novosibirsk - writers Alexander Akhavyov, George Selege, Dmitry Ryabov, Maxim Tukhanin, who formed „

Pan-club

“Under the newspaper“ Youth of Siberia ”, and then under“ New Siberia ”.”

These groups practiced as an artistic method the intervention of art in the urban and public space, theatricalization and carnivalization of everyday life, interaction with the audience unprepared for such art, orientation to democratic forms.

The exposition will present copies and originals of newspapers that wrote about the actions of these artistic movements, and photographs. Also, the organizers “recall the” or “come up with the unlocked” and show one of the famous Novosibirsk actions as part of the opening of the exhibition, ”said Yulia Churilova, head of the creative department of the Novosibirsk branch.

The exhibition will last until December 4 in the lobby of the actor’s house, the entrance is free.