Artemenko Elena – 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 Soft Power https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/soft-power/ Wed, 29 May 2019 13:41:55 +0000 http://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=11466 Video is a ritual visualized a metaphor «to press on the trigger by others hands», where the plasticity of two types of movements encounter – soft gestures of «authority» and precise but ingratiating gestures of subordinate. The props in the video (weapons, flag, and hand) are made of silicon – material that is similar to … Continue reading "Soft Power"

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