А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...

Before the action‘s start a large lump of black paper with pieces of silver and golden tinfoil glued onto it
was strung up between the trees on the field‘s side, invisible from the action‘s scene.
Kievy gorky,
18 th March, 1989.
A.Monastyrski, G.Kizewalter, E.Elagina, S.Romashko, N.Panitkov, S.Haensgen.
54. TO E. ELAGINA (A filming location)
E.Elagina‘s photograph depicting a landscape near Sretenskie Vorota (see A.M. ―Earthworks‖,
photograph #13l; volume 4 of ―Going to the country‖) was photocopied by S.Haensgen. The result was a
black-and-white laser copy (size 168x120) consisting of 16 pieces (each 42x30 cm).
In the beginning of the action a closed folder with photocopied sheets was given to E.Elagina at the
location where she photographed the landscape in 1987. Then the group of action‘s organizers together
with Elagina went to the country region of Uspenskoe village by car.
In a forest not far from the highway 16 black plywood boards (123x68.5 cm) were installed under trees.
According to the instruction, (see instruction) E.Elagina was to glue the 16 photocopied sheets onto these
boards, and she acted accordingly.
After the mounting of sheets the boards were collected, brought to the highway and positioned on it in the
form of one large board (492x274 cm) consisting of 16 pieces. Thus, the photocopied sheets were
assembled into one picture, with each fragment of this picture divided from another with black margins of
the boards.
Then the action‘s organizers rode over the board with the car (Elagina was driving) and returned to
Moscow.
Moscow – Moscow region, near the village of Maslovo along Belorusskaya railway line.
18 th April, 1989.
S.Haensgen, A.Monastyrski, N.Panitkov, G.Kizewalter, I.Makarevich.
3 persons.
55. S. ROMASHKO (Video)
Prior to the action at I.Makarevich‘s workshop a videotape was made which consisted of detailed
instructions on using a video camera (recording, playback etc.) which involved large paper-printed
schemes. In the final part of these video instructions S.Romashko was prompted to record his own three
items which included an electrical toy, ―people at a distance‖and himself narrating about the action.
The action‘s organizers met Romashko in a field, gave him the video camera and prompted him to watch
the pre-recorded instructions through viewfinder. As soon as he started watching, the organizers departed
to the field‘s edge (to allow him to fulfill the second task, i.e. shooting a group of people at a distance)
and remained there until the end of the action.