July 29, 7:30 PM
Admission is free of charge, lecture is delivered in Russian.
Attendees must register in advance (link in Russian).
“Where am I? Experiences of spatial, historical and corporeal orientation in the post-Soviet space”, as part of the Garage Museum lecture series on contemporary art.
Curator: Dmitry Vilensky, curator of the Chto Delat School of Engaged Art
This lecture cycle focuses on the history and development of the post-Soviet space, and sets out to address questions including what dictated the specific nature of local art, and how can we not only actualise the various phenomena which we inherited from our deliverance from the Soviet project, but also comprehend to what extent our contemporary life is permeated by the repressive archaic political figures of the past in the age of a new cold war, a resurgence in right wing conservatism and nationalism, and the collapse of neo-liberal globalisation. These themes are also relevant to those working in the culture of the new generation, a generation which has no direct experience of the Soviet period, and which has to bear the responsibility for the territory where it lives, and which finds itself shaped in its own way by a multitude of specific politicians reminiscent of post-Soviet development.
The invited speakers will present their own thoughts and research on the politics of corporeality, the practice of comradeship, the specifics of decolonialising development, and the problems of establishing conceptual art activity, as well as a range of other aspects of the Soviet cultural heritage which have anticipated a whole host of modern theories.
