2007 – Cyland Video Archive

Triangle

Darya Cherkashina — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:46:49 +0000

Author – ESCAPE Program ( Valeriy Ayzenberg, Anton Litvin, Liza Morozova)

Video performance.

Three artists in red suits dig a triangular pit. They think they are doing necessary work. They act in coordination, not paying attention to anyone around them. This meaningless process can be interpreted both literally (as the digging of a grave or a search for a treasure) and figuratively (as soul-searching, self-reflection, escapism, or detachment). Since the soundtrack for the video imagery is the hum of attendees at a gallery opening, marked by the distinct voices of well-known critics, we could say this work is about aspects of creating a work of art.

The goal of the “diggers” is blurry, but we can speak of a process of endless “depth/deepening.” There is a moment of the absurd that, one way or another, is present in almost every work of the Program, absurd brought to its limit. The strange form of the object, the persistence of the diggers, and the sense of futility — these are the three conceptual components of the project.

One could suppose that the futility of the diggers manifests itself not only outwardly, but also in the depths of their consciousness. They are obsessed with an idée fixe, and they are trying to prove an absurd message: As we know, the Earth is a sphere. The corners of a triangle on a plane are sharp, but on a sphere they are dull. If a sphere is opened on a plane, then there comes an intermediary moment when the corners of its triangle are neither dull nor sharp. But in conditions of isolated form this can only be a square. The simple process of digging a deep hole proves that a triangle with right angles cannot exist either on the surface of the sphere nor at any distance from its center. In other words, under no conditions can a triangle become a square.

(Valeriy Ayzenberg)

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Two against the Russian mafia

Darya Cherkashina — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:25:25 +0000

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Corner

Darya Cherkashina — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:53:50 +0000

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The Knot of the Matter

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:07:58 +0000

A series of performances: abstraction, space and body, art.

Morozova Lisa – The Knot of the Matter3

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Morozova Lisa – The Knot of the Matter1

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Untitled n2

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 14 May 2020 14:24:07 +0000

Lyakh UNTITLED N2 (2003-8)5

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Lyakh UNTITLED N2 (2003-8)1

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Three Mothers and a Chorus

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:35:36 +0000

The film has the structure of an ancient Greek tragedy. Mothers explain their problems and the chorus which is constructed of the typical social characters is judging her. The film is dedicated to contemporary motherhood.

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Lullaby

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:13:40 +0000

Video performance

Apocalypse Lullaby project / in cooperation with Nail Baiburin

Lullaby was shot in Bashkortostan in the steppe near the village of Kargaly, in Blagovarsky district. The song is a common lullaby sung in Tatar by an old Tatar old. “Eli-vyeli” means “Rock-a-bye”.

The artist is interested in the problem of the duality of the world. He bases this work on the controversy of the state of absolute bliss conveyed by the song and the dynamics of the performers in the snow among gigantic rolling wicker balls that symbolize the tangles of the universe.

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Fake Suicide

Darya Cherkashina — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:10:12 +0000

Young people are tired of everything. Every day is like another day. They want to feel alive and try to diversify their life in all possible ways. They smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, try to expand their consciousness, make themselves react. It is a constant attempt to kill oneself, which has no effect, so why do they do it?

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Industrial Tetris

Darya Cherkashina — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:23:40 +0000

Pictures of huge shipping containers come and go, dissolving and shifting on the screen. Edges of metallic boxes perfectly match together reminding of Tetris game pieces.

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Son of king

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:03:30 +0000

Shrinking and melting. Space of architecture, as a space of a dream.
Through synthetic noise to majestic faint of XVIII century.
This animation was made from the photos of Earl Orlov’s Palace in the suburb of Moscow.
This rich architecture was a present from Catherine the Great to her lover. After the revolution of 1917 this palace was harried and then abandoned.
Now it is almost a ruin. Still rather majestic one.

Music by ALOG

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