MP4 video – Cyland Video Archive https://videoarchive.cyland.org Video Archive Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.25 Nestlings of the Sea https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/nestlings-of-the-sea/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:34:55 +0000 http://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=10361 “Nestlings of the Sea” is a plotless film that uses the technique of drawing and scratching on 35mm film. The artist uses old archive films in a new way. The original material is documentary films produced by amateur Soviet studios in the 1970s. This art is a kind of delayed social art, continuing the tradition … Continue reading "Nestlings of the Sea"

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]]> “Nestlings of the Sea” is a plotless film that uses the technique of drawing and scratching on 35mm film. The artist uses old archive films in a new way. The original material is documentary films produced by amateur Soviet studios in the 1970s.

This art is a kind of delayed social art, continuing the tradition of an ironic interpretation of Soviet culture. Many methods bring it close to the aesthetics of the “parallel cinema” of the 1980s. The aggressive “battle for peace” is only the outer layer of the work, its true meaning is the absolute absurdity of everything that official ideology offers.

 
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