Art-group "The Blinds".
Russia, Moscow.
Staff: Anna Kouznetsowa, Alexander Margorin.
Activities: action; performance; video-art; enviroment; contemporal dance.
Aesthetics: Conservative Avantguard, New Paganism, Synthesis of Archaics and
Technology.
Participation in Festivals:
1993 - " Arrieres Jardin's d'isi et La" - international project, Strassbourg,
France.
1998 - "Festival of the Performance". St.Petersbourg. Russia.
1999 - "New Dance Workshop for East European Countries". Odessa, Ukrain.
1999 - "Festival of the Improvisational Arts". Odessa, Ukrain.
2000 - "Evolution-2000". Festival of the Contemporal Dance. Tallinn,
Estonia.
2000 - "Time, Space, Movement". Festival of the Performance. Paide,
Estonia.
2001 - "Skif-5". Festival of the Contemporal Art in the name of Sergei
Kourjohin, St.
Petersbourg.
2002 - "Festival of the Performance". St.Petersbourg. Russia.
2002 - "The Melioration" open-air festival. Moscow suburbs, the rest
house of "Klyasma reservoir".
Participation in Exhibitions and Gallery Projects:
1996 - "Citizens". Exhibition in common with Svetlana Ljuzina. "Re-Art"
Gallery, Moscow.
1997 - "Jahuss!!!" Collective exhibition at Graphic's Union Gallery,
Moscow.
2000 - "Tibet-2000". Collective exhibition at Culture Foundation Gallery,
Moscow.
2001 - "Point to East. The Way to Himalayas". The project by "Cinema"
Gallery at the hall of "The Minor Manege", Moscow.
2001 - "Dialogues". International exhibition. The Central Gallery
"Manege", St. Petersbourg.
2002 - "Melioration". An Open-air Festival of Art. Moscow area, the
entertainment-center "Klyazma".
2003 - "Dialogues" . International exibition. The Central Gallery
"Manege", St. Petersbourg.
2004 - The Projekt of "Fight between Good and Evil (Beaver and Goat)".
A final exibition and performance, "Sam Brook Gallery", Moscow.
Since 1999 "The Blinds" collaborate with Vasilyi Lifanov, journalist, writer and scenarist. Several texts by him were published at magazines: "Ptuch", "Brain", the literary almanac "The Insect ".
Participation in Common
Projects:
1995 - "Karachoon". In common with German Vinogradov. At the small
stage of "Mayakovskyi" Theatre, Moscow.
1996 - "The Changes of Ego". In common with Victor Loukin. At Eugenyi
Lindin's Studio and at "The Third Way" Club, Moscow.
1997 - "Tenderness of snake". In
common with Boris Markovnikov. At the Studio of B. Markovnikov.
1998 - "That Damned Road". In common with Boris Markovnikov. At the
Studio of B. Markovnikov.
"Sister".
In common with Natalja Smoljanskaya. 1998 - "Phoenix" Gallery, Moscow;
--- 1999 - Cultural Centre "Dom", Moscow;
--- 2002 - "Sam Brook Gallery", Moscow.
1999 - "Phurba, pierceing Ignorance and Desire". In common with S.
Ponomaryov , on the territory of "The Factory of Art", Moscow.
2001 - Participation in the "first-of-May" street happening, had been
organized by the " One's People-2000" union. A performance, staging
of the mass choreographic compositions.
2002 - "A Cross-road".
In common with Natalja Smolyanskaya at "Sam Brook Gallery", Moscow.
Video Projects :
1997 - "16 minutes of Pure Time".
VHS, 16 minutes.
Publications: "Tatjanin
Den", a magazine;
"Latin Quarter", a newspaper;
"Zavtra", a newspaper.
Since 2004, the group have collaborated
with the "One's People -2000" union and Peter Mamonoff in the framework
of theatrical project of "The Mice, Kay-boy and Snow Queen".
The Premiere - on March, 8, 2004 at "Stanislavsky" Theatre.
Show, Performance, Actions :
Guard of a Cedar Wood
- 1995, Moscow, "Mayakovsky" Theatre;
Meeting with Poushkin- 1995, Moscow, at the "Kotelnicheskaya" bank
of Moscow-river.
Red Dress - 1995, Moscow, "Socium" Gallery ( the premiere );
--- 1996-2000 - the demonstrations in the galleries and at the festivals;
Polyseason-
1995, Moscow, the bank of Yauza river;
Awakening of a Red Bear at Lenin's Mountains
- 1996, Moscow, Vorobjovy Gory;
Red Sphere - 1997-2003. Had been demonstrated in the galleries and at the festivals;
Photoroboroten - 1997-2000. Had been demonstrated in the galleries and at the
festivals;
Androgyne
- premiere in 1998. Have been demonstrated in the galleries and at the festivals;
Meeting with Poushkin - 2,
1999, Moscow, Neskouchnyi Sad ( part 1);
the internet-club "Screen" (part 2 ).
Tibet
- 2001, Moscow, Minor Manege; The Cultural Center of "Vladimir Vysotskyi
".
Fighting of Good and Evil
( Beaver and Goat) - 2001-2004. By the participation of
N. Rezhissyorskaya ( Animation ) and Ch. Merk (Music, Video). The demonstrations
in galleries and at the festivals.
Kindersurprize - 2002,
An Open-air Festival of "art-Klyazma".