Vertical and horizontal (two-channel) exposure options. Also, the video exists in Russian and English versions (full dubbing).

Machinima, original scenario, shooting, editing, and music.

The scenario features real dialogues and quotes from chats shot in the gaming environment. Machinima matches the DIY principle of using those media and facilities available at the moment, referring to self-organization practices and digital anarchy. The main character is some kind of Danila Bagrov [the character of cult movie ‘Brother’ by Aleksei Balabanov] – the way he would be like if he was transferred in the art sphere. He’s the author’s alter ego as well.

If we focus on the ‘search of power’ fable, this character, as well as Bagrov interpreted by Bodrov [actor], seeks to escape the deceitful duality of art in the capitalist era, in this case. He is a representative of the precariat, with all the helplessness and romanticism that are typical of this segment.

The plot is structurally divided into parts similarly to the 12 steps program that the character undergoes. In this version of the program, addiction is replaced by capitalism, while art takes the place of god.

Any communication becomes a form of violence. Real art, just like a real weapon, can be only such a communication that brings a change into the participant’s world. Real communication breaks the logic of capitalist production. The transmission of real situations into the gaming environment illustrates the critical introspection that remains locked in the vacuum of escapism before any direct action takes place.

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The precariat is a common term. Luxury is an aesthetic category.

The artists take inspiration from the ideas of Kropotkin, Marx, Brenner, and Makhno and set out to reinvent reality amid excessive consumption, global networks, corporations, and aversion to work. The group authors the Luxuriat Manifesto; the footage of their trip is used to make the video.

The utopia is close but out of reach, like a movie that is never coming out because the trailer was just a fake.

Co-authors of the manifesto: ZIP Group (Stepan and Vasily Subbotin, Evgeny Rimkevich), Eldar Ganeev, Elena Ishchenko, Svetlana Isaeva,

Gediminas Daugela, Daria Orlova, Dana Kosmina and others.

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