About ten years ago, the artist Alena Limanova began working on a documentary project dedicated to modern philosophers and philosophy. Work on this task markedly went beyond the view of public processes proposed in the Russian “actual art” is not an activist primer about “why the philosophy is needed”, not an exotic description of the ruins of late Soviet science, not a postmodern game of the researcher. Rather, we can call this work an attempt to approach the portrait of current social reality.

Perestroika is perhaps the most unexplored period of the history of the Soviet Union. It is on it that, as on the predecessor of the collapse of the USSR and the 1990s, mythology is especially richly growing, designed to explain further events. Which of us did not hear how Gorbachev sold the country for jeans? At the same time, restructuring is a time of publicity, mobilization of civil society and violent discussions about the repressive heritage of the country or environmental problems.

Declared a short list of an international booker On April 22, in London the jury of the International Buker Prize called six books of the “short list” of 2021. For the first time in the history of the award among the finalists, the work of the Russian author - the novel “Memory of Memory” by Maria Stepanova.

About ten years ago, the artist Alena Limanova began working on a documentary project dedicated to modern philosophers and philosophy. Work on this task markedly went beyond the view of public processes proposed in the Russian “actual art” is not an activist primer about “why the philosophy is needed”, not an exotic description of the ruins of late Soviet science, not a postmodern game of the researcher. Rather, we can call this work an attempt to approach the portrait of current social reality.

This text of Valentin Dyakonov was written as a preface to the collection of works by the art historian and critic Alexandra Novozhenova (1982–2019) “Box with pencils: texts, drawings, design”, which in June will be published in the publishing house of Gleb Napapenko, Valentina Dyakonov and Arseny Zhilyaev.

The Form Festival will be held in the Basmanny Courtyard © provided by the press service of the Form "Form" From July 8 to 11, in Moscow in the public and business space, the Basmanny Courtyard (Baumanskaya St. 15) will be held the Form Modern Art festival. According to the organizers, in 2021 the Form addresses the Russian cultural reserves and the diverse art world of our country. Tickets for the festival have already entered the sale on its website , a curator team has also been announced.

Endel and Plastikman recorded a sound to increase the concentration © Frederike Wetzels The Endel artificial intelligence developed by the Russian team and the electronic producer and DJ Richie Houtin (Aka Plastikman) created Deeper Focus - a personalized sound background to increase concentration. Since April 22, Deeper Focus is available in the Endel application for iOS, MacOS, Android and Amazon Alexa .

The singer and author of the songs of Iva Tuyevskaya, in the past, is a soloist of the Ivatu project-the Moscow English-speaking darkweive group, which performed at the Berlin Music Video Awards and Tallinn Music Week, toured Europe, released three releases on the Brazilian Wave Records label. In 2021, I willy, along with producer Anton Fish, founded the Ivas project, where he performed his own songs in Russian-such esoteric romances, which are close to Drim Pope and Darkweiv in the sound.

Pushkin Museum will join the Breedin Assistance © granted by the press service of the Mlimehes named after A.S. Pushkin April 24, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (Physician) will take part in the annual All -Russian campaign "Bibline". According to the YMIA website , on this day, visitors to the museum will be able to visit the presentation of books from the collection of A.N.

Preparing a virtual Russian-German day of science © Daad More than 30 universities, scientific organizations and scholarships from Germany and Russia will take part in the Russian-German Day of Science (#SCIENCEDAY DE-RU), which will be held in the online format on April 25 from 12:00 to 18:30 Moscow time. Registration is here . The Russian-German Day of Science in the framework of the annual week of Germany in St.

Awarded "Golden Masks" On April 22, the 27th ceremony of the awarding of the winners of the Russian National Theater Prize “Golden Mask” was held in the Moscow Concert Hall “Zaryadye”. According to the results of the 2019/2020 season, Yuri Butusov was awarded in the nomination “Drama / Work of the Director” for the play “Per Gynt” (Evg. Vakhtangov Theater). The best dramatic performance of a large form is recognized as “The Tale of the Last Angel” (Theater of Nations, dir.

"Medusa" is recognized as a foreign agent Today, April 23, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation introduced an online publication of Medusa to the register of foreign media that perform the functions of a foreign agent. The report on the website of the ministry says that this was done "in pursuance of the requirements of the current legislation of the Russian Federation." The register includes SIA "Medusa Project" , registered in Latvia.

Workshops of the Garage Museum invite residents © provided by the press service of the Museum of Contemporary Art "Garage" The program of workshops and art residents of the Museum of Contemporary Art “Garage” announces Open Call to participate in a 12-month residence, which will begin in August 2021 & NBSP; year. The theme of the new season of workshops is hospitality, a policy of food and being-input.

The Center for Voznesensky will hold an online meeting with Alexander Stesin © "New Literary Review" Fragment of the cover of the book of Alexander Stesin "African Book" On April 24, an online meeting with a writer and an oncologist, laureate of the Nose award, the author of the African Book Alexander Stesin will take place. The meeting is organized by the center of Voznesensky. Start at 19:30, registration - here .

Few famous musicians decide to express their opinion about what is happening in Russia openly - the majority prefers to keep it with them. However, irritation and discontent cannot be hidden, and they are increasingly breaking through in songs that could sound on protest promotions. Below are 18 recent examples from different genres, from rap to an electropol. For freedom and civil society, against state arbitrariness and police violence.