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FORUMAK lectures at Smolny College have begun again!

В Дворе ЛофтПроекта ЭТАЖИ:

“Garage sale – традиционное американское и европейское развлечение, а также способ вдохнуть новую жизнь в старые вещи, которые для кого-то окажутся самой желанной находкой в мире. В солнечные летние дни на лужайку перед домом принято вытаскивать все, что не использовалось больше года, и распродавать соседям за символическую цену. Такой формат предполагает, в первую очередь, не желание заработать, а желание хорошо провести время или сделать летнюю генеральную уборку в квартире. Не так просто расстаться с дорогими сердцу вещами («когда-нибудь я все-таки надену этот свитер, на который истратил двухмесячную зарплату 7 лет назад»), но когда знаешь, что они окажутся в руках любящего, заботливого человека, жизнь без них не кажется уже такой немыслимой.”

19 июля: Garage Sale – Летняя распродажа горячо любимых, но морально устаревших вещей. Если вы хотите принять участие в качестве продавца (продавать или отдавать можно свою старую одежду, обувь, аксессуары), высылайте информацию о себе и контактные данные на ящик info@loftprojectetagi.ru

Все будет максимально 500 Рублей! (ну, говорят…посмотрим)

В программе развлечения:
DJs
Видео-сопровождение
Конкурс на лучший look

Living on Petrograskaya Side?  Need goats milk, soy protein or fine pasta at 3am?  Check out the 24 hour super market called Супер Бабилон.

I am so pleased with the results, all things considered (prep time, material limitations etc.).  It works so well in the cafe space, versus a gallery, because people go there especially to “общаться,” to socialize, and my exhibit is so much about this fluid exchange of traits, ideas, influences…Discourse!  (what we talked about most in the summer program FORUMAK Leto at Smolny College this summer)  The ideas of fluid identity, large and small influences (I now believe that every person, past and present, influences every other person in some way), and consciousness of oneself in the context of the whole are all so timely and help me begin to bring many parts of my life into focus.  This exhibit, I realize, is a result of many years of searching and could actually be the first conscious articulation of my artistic process and understanding of my existence.  I look forward to thinking about this more!

This consciousness of and engagement with self was ultimately what moved me to come to Russia in the first place.  Before I got on the plane to leave the States I felt a deep need to “find” myself, or at least understand what I’m doing, who I am, and find self respect and honesty.  I am realizing now that I can never “find” myself, that we live in an age of fluid discourse (ok, the phrase “living in an age of…” is so stale), that because of this my “identity,” “perception & presentation of self” is always changing and to understand my existence I must also simultaneously consider the existence of every other human being.  It is quite Zen. That, seen in this way, the seemingly simple desire to understand myself is the same desire as wanting to understand others.  This desire can be motivation throughout one’s entire life.

I don’t mean to say that I am merely a vessle for other people’s personalities, that I don’t have particular habits, attributes and opinions, but what I have become actively aware of is the fact that we are malleable; not necessarily passive, but unquestionably influenced by everything (in this sentence the words “shaped,” “created” etc. are not appropriate because that suggest some finalized outcome).  For example, even if I choose not to take on another person’s taste for milk in their coffee I am still influenced by their taste for milk in their coffee.  The fact that I made a choice about the matter, conscious or subconscious, means that that person has influenced me.  This can be extended to my reaction to a person I pass on the street as well as the influence of a close friend’s decision to get a tattoo.  Everything, anything, and all; single, plural, general and specific; they all influence my consciousness.

Those are my current thoughts on the matter.  Please share your reactions!!

To continue a bit more about my initial reactions to the exhibit:  I really felt like these people were alive in the active space of the cafe, that they stepped out into life and at the same moment were sitting, present behind the glass, in their own world and time.  My friends Katya and Julia kept saying “Они прямо живые!!” “They are really alive!”  The owner of the cafe apparently got a bit of the heeby-jeebies because they seemed so alive, both faceless in the portraits and in the masks.

You can see more photos of the exhibit here:  I . U Opening

If you are in Russia or have access to a Russian Language book store (though I don’t know if they export this magazine) look for an article about the exhibit in “Под Ключ” architecture, design and art magazine and an announcement in “Афиша.”

If you are in Petersburg stop by the Cafe!!  DUH!  You can buy postcards, pins, masks and drawings there too!

Concert starts at 8pm tonight here:

Sergei Kuryokhin Modern Art Center

93 Sredniy pr., V.O. Saint-Petersburg

Also keep your eyes out for future concerts and events at the center.  I plan to mosey over there to check out their space.  Unfortunately their website is under construction and doesn’t have too much information about the center itself.  I will give a full report!

NOTE:

I just read that they are looking for photographs to put on the front of the center.  It is not clear whether or not the competition is over and they have chosen photos, but if you are interested they list an email adress to contact: HERE

I  .  U

Drawings by Megan Snowe
at Zoom Cafe
St Petersburg, Russia

12 July – 15 August
2009

Opening: 13:30 12 July

кафе » адрес » Россия
Санкт-Петербург
Гороховая улица, дом 22
9.00-24.00

Russia, Saint-Petersburg

22 Gorohovaja

9.00-24.00 Tel.: (812) 4485001

My exhibit at Zoom Cafe opens on Sunday! There will be masks of the faces of the characters on each table. Come and try one on.

Text:

“Our identities and perceptions of self are in constant flux. We look at others, we are influenced by what we see, we often mirror this and play with possibilities.

This exhibit examines the illusive boundaries between other and self and the fluidity of identity as we engage in social discourse.”

“Наши индивидуальность и самовосприятие находятся в постоянном потоке. Они постоянно меняются. Мы наблюдаем за другими людьми, и мы становимся зависимыми от того, что мы видим. Зачастую мы копируем это и переигрываем по-своему, в зависимости от обстоятельств.

Эта выставка позволяет рассмотреть неясные границы между нами и остальными людьми, а также то, как наша индивидуальность способна меняться, подстраиваясь под окружающую социальную действительность.”

Очень нравится плакат концерта:

Главная группа концерта не так нравится, но кажется они популарные.

У них песня називается “Поэзия,” которая делают с t.A.T.u. Можно найти оригинальную версию, с анимацией здесь:  Полюса – “Поэзия”

Версия с t.A.T.u: Полюса с t.A.T.u – “Поэзия”

Честно, думаю версия с t.A.T.u противная.