NORTHERN

HISTORY

1. Birth of Art-Group The North. Founded by A. Louguin (Microsurgery) and E. Ryzhikova (group of artists in airless space).
2. Studio in the premises of the school of New Possibilities.
3. A number of experimental actions, happenings under the title 'Primitive Happenings'.

1. First Spring Avant-guardists' Congress on Eurofuturism (ul. Kazakova).
2. Premises of the school of New Possibilities, production of Seneca's play 'Octavia' (director Boris Yukhananov) jointly made by leaders of different directions of alternative art. The North - cathedral actions.
3. Foundation of Free Academy - SVA. Participation of SVA in Strasbourg Conference on human rights.
4. Action 'In Memory of Victims of Repressions and Natural Calamities'. Horse stable, ul. Begovaya.
5. Shootings for TV programs of Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, America, Japan.

1. Performances of The North at first Russian exhibitions of erotic art.
2. Series of joint performances with Petlura in the studio in ul. Gacek (Metro 'Mayakovskaya'). Shootings in a number of experimental films.
3. SVA actions 'Technique and Practice of Espionage in Everyday Life', Tbilisi. The North makes the performance 'Long Passage'.
4. Official support of The North and SVA - Rolan Bykov Centre of Children's Cinema.
5. Festival of SVA in Rolan Bykov Centre.
6. Frank Zappa's film. Action in the Green Theatre of Stas Namin. Performance 'Octavia'.
7. International cinema festival in the Cinema Centre. Program of alternative art.
8. SNC. Joint Soviet-American cinema broadcast 'Pop-culture'.

1. Studio in Petrovsky boulevard. First festival 'White River'.
2. Italian TV film from the serial 'Night Capitals of the World' with participation of brothers the Oleinikovs and The North.
3. Film 'Cat's House'. The Centre of Children's Cinema and TV.
4. Director E. Goloven's film. ?????
5. Polish cinematographists' film 'White River'.
6. Profit projects festival 'Local Time' in Petrovsky.
7. Director Zagryazhsky's film 'Live to Live' from the serial 'The 20th Century'. Gorky Film Studio.
8. Victor Ginsburg's film 'Not a Boring Garden', USA. Ritual in Neskouchny Sad (Not a Boring Garden) and country estate 'Kolomenskoe'.
9. Montage and final shooting of the film in Los Angels. Action 'Lenin' with group 'Obermaniken' in New York within the framework of SVA seminars.
10. American TV film 'Russian Women'. Actions-happenings of SVA department 'Women's Way'.

1. Tour in Keningsberg, erotic art exhibition of Marina Gertsovskaya.
2. Action in shooting of the film 'Prorva', director I. Dykhovichny.
3. Expedition to Altay and shooting of the film 'Altay Mystery'.
4. Festival in the Diamond Hall of 'Uran' cinema, action 'Fish'.
5. Tour in Potstdam, Germany - participation in an alternative festival together with representatives of SVA in Petrovsky boulevard. Play 'Snow-Maiden'.
6. Premiere of the film 'Not a Boring Garden'. Actions during the premiere and showings of the film.

1. Travelling exhibition 'Cathedral-Object' in the territory of the 'Green Theatre', the Centre of Stas Namin.
2. Joint actions with fashion and style gallery 'Azart', including 'All is clear' in Khodynskoe Pole.
3. Arctogeya. Action 'Blood and Soil' in Komsomolsky prospekt.
4. Action during the premiere of the week showing of 'Not a Boring Garden' in Moscow, Khanzhonkov Centre.
5. Beginning of club activity with a performance in club 'Penthouse' (Hermitage garden).

1. Gallery 'Finix'. First Moscow Performance Festival 'From Ritual to Performance, from Installation to Action. In the Kingdom of Hard Ice'.
2. Club 'Master'. Festival 'Conservative Revolution'.
3. Club 'Ptuch'.
1) ritual 'At the Entrance to the World of Joy'.
2) 'Egg and Null Basis of Transformation'
4. Exhibition hall in Kashirskaya, action 'Politicians and Arts to Magic'.

1. First Moscow festival of new music.
2. The Green Theatre of the Central Culture and Rest Park. 'New Psychedelic Summer. Vedic Tradition in the Calender Cycle'. 1) ritual 'Birth of Perun'.
3) ritual 'Reactive Lag'.
3. German TV serial 'Night Capitals of the World'. Action on the embankment.
4. The Green Theatre. Festival 'One World'.
5. October 31. Travelling HELLOWEEN-happening in Moscow clubs.
6. Exhibition 'Extremism and Erotic' in Komsomolsky prospekt.
7. Formation of separate project 'North Video'.

1. Action-shooting in Mayakovsky museum in Lubyanka.
2. Performance at the first Bike-show 'Raining Jars'.
3. Festival of alternative fashion 'Albo-fashion'. The North is the winner of the nomination 'Ethnos'.
4. Tour in Czechia. Prague music festival 'Alternative'. Performances in Brno and Astrava.
5. A series of closed musical and literary actions in the Green Theatre.
6. Evenings 'The Silver Age Poetry' in literature publishing house 'Arktogeya'.
7. Partisan action in 'Titanic' 'Kill Versace' in cooperation with model agency 'Face Fashion'.
8. Project phototale-cinemascheme 'Egg'.

1. 'Den', first of Christmas productions of agency Face Fashion.
2. A series of events-holidays in club 'Aquatoria'.
1) 'The Bull's coming'
2) 'Appetizing Carnival'
3) 'The North vs Olle Loukoie'
4) 'The North vs Biosynthesis'
3. Cooperation with promotion movement 'White Art'. Subject evenings
1) 'Eurasia in Motion' in club 'Schelters
2) 'Say YES to the Sun' in club 'Hag Motors'
3) 'Industrial Meetings' in club 'Moby Dik'
4. Cooperation with promotion movement 'MEGA'. Subject evenings
1) 'Visiting a Tale'
2) 'Here are the Shamans'
5. Art-laboratory 'Dominant'. Action-happening.
6. Festival 'Rehabilitation of Signs and Symbols' in the Green Theatre.
7. Shooting of Hungarian film 'Natasha'. Ritual 'Pancakes' in the theatre of the Soviet Army
8. Mystery in the Green Theatre at the closing of the cultural program of Moscow international cinema festival.
9. Performance on the City Day.

1. Tour in Czechia. April 12, catholic Easter party in club Roxy - 'After Sleep - Spring'. April 24, Tetrohydroclub in Brno - techno-festival 'Electronic-Techno Weekend'.
2. 'After Sleep - Spring'. A number of remixes in Moscow.
3. June 20, the Day of German Cinema in cinema 'Illusion'. Action 'Storm '98'.
4. Kazantip '98. Opening of 'Ptuch' subject party 'The End of the Century'.
5. Festival 'Virus-1' in club 'Kreiser'.
6. Best party of the year. HELLOWEEN in the House of Scientists.
7. Festival 'World Outlook'. Club 'Master'.

1. Internet-cafe 'Screen'. Official opening of Internet home-page 'Non-verbal Paradigm'.
2. Festival of ritual music in 'Reaktor'.
3. Exhibition in Malaya Grouzinskaya 'Getting over Intercyclicality'
4. Ritual in the Factory of Cardinal Art 'Lift Your Eyelids'.
5. Actions in the Green Theatre 'Tipi'.
6. Cultural centre 'Dom'. Holiday 'CALAVERADA' - El Dia del los Muertos (Mexican Day of Dead).