А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...
А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...
А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...
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Paveletskaya railway line, Rastorguevo station<br />
16 th March, 1980<br />
N.Panitkov, N.Alexeev, E.Elagina, I.Makarevich, V.D., S.Romashko, I.Yavorsky.<br />
15. FOR G.KIZEVALTER<br />
(The Slogan – 1980)<br />
IN THE SPRING ON A FIELD‘S VERGE BETWEEN THE TREES A WHITE CLOTH WITH RED<br />
LETTERS (950 x 80 cm) WAS HUNG BY G.KIZEVALTER.<br />
Yakutskaya ASSR, near the city of Mirny<br />
A.Monastyrski, N.Alexeev, E.Elagina, N.Panitkov, V.D., S.Romashko, I.Yavorsky, I.Makarevich.<br />
VOLUME TWO<br />
16. TEN APPEARANCES<br />
Ten participants led by action‘s organizers gathered in the middle of a vast snowy field surrounded by<br />
woods, totally unaware of either the action‘s title or what it was going to be like.<br />
Onto a board (sized 60x90 cm) ten reels of sturdy white thread were attached using vertically battered<br />
nails, each reel 200 to 300 meters long. Each participant was prompted to grasp one thread‘s end and<br />
walk towards the surrounding forest, unreeling the thread. The movement was to begin at organizers‘<br />
command.<br />
Participants were instructed to walk in a straight line, reach the forest and then proceed into the woods,<br />
until losing sight of the field (50-100 m approximately).<br />
Therefore, each participant‘s path length measured up to 300-400 meters approximately. Movement<br />
across the field and into the forest demanded much physical effort, as the depth of the snow measured up<br />
to 50-100 centimeters. Also by preliminary instructions, after finishing his itinerary a participant was to<br />
draw out the other end of the thread with a paper attached to it containing factographic text (organizers‘<br />
names, time and place of action).<br />
As there were no further instructions, after drawing out the factography a participant was to act at his own<br />
will, .i.e. either return to the field‘s center or leave the scene by walking father into the forest. Eight<br />
participants returned to initial position within an hour (I.Pivovarova, N.Kozlov, V.Skersis, L.Talochkin,<br />
O.Vasilyev, I.Kabakov, I.Chuikov, Yu.Albert), two left the scene (V.Nekrasov, A.Zhigalov).<br />
Those participants who had come back were given photographs (30x40 cm) glued onto cardboard. Each<br />
photo depicted an area of the forest that each particular participant entered in the beginning, and a small<br />
indistinct human figure emerging from the woods. All photographs were labeled, each label contained<br />
authors‘ names, name of the action – ―The Emergence‖ – and the event depicted, for example:<br />
―Emergence of I.Chuikov on the 1 st of February, 1981‖, for each participant respectively. These<br />
photographs were manufactured one week prior to the action: the organizers filmed themselves in ―blind<br />
zones‖, the same where the participants went and came back one week later.