February 21, 7 PM
The Novoe Izdatelstvo publishing house presents a one-day non-academic conference on the theme of the Monkey in the cultural space — in film, music, literature, the visual arts, and the humanities — linguistics and anthropology. The conference is timed to mark 100 years since the publication of Vladislav Khodasevich’s The Monkey, and the release of Vsevolod Zel’chenko’s book about the poem.
Programme
Epigraph. The Monkey: the Entry from Dal’s Dictionary. Reading by Alexandr Savchuk, arrangement by Elena Venzel’
Ilya Utekhin, the European University in St Petersburg. The Dream of Talking with a Monkey: History and Prehistory
Natalya Slyusar, Higher School of Economics. Talk to Her: Can Monkeys Be Taught Human Language?
Vasily Stepanov, Séance magazine. In a Gorilla Suit: Monkey Business on the Big Screen
Olga Manulkina, St Petersburg University. The Cry of the Monkey: the Degradation of Species According to Mahler and Shostakovich
Kira Dolinina, the European University in St Petersburg. A Female Gorilla Made out of Rubber: Manet’s Olympia and the Female Question
Stanislav Savitsky, Higher School of Economics. Monica the Artist: Re-visiting the Abstract Art of Orangutans
Vsevolod Zel’chenko, St Petersburg University. The Monkey and the Poet: Encounters with Monkeys in Russian Literature
The statements are approx. 15–20 min.
Admission is free and places are limited, so please register in advance.
