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

Kyevy gorki
23 rd April, 1989.
S. Haensgen, A. Monastyrski, I. Makarevich, E. Elagina, G. Kizewalter.
56. S. HAENSGEN (The Slogan – 89)
From a slide taken in 1985 for ―The Barrel‖ action depicting an advertisement board of Moscow
Financial institute a colored laser photocopy (111x164 cm) almost matching the board‘s size was made by
S.Haensgen.
In Haensgen‘s absence and without her knowing the photocopy was glued onto a plywood board and
laquered. Then the thus fabricated board was installed at the same location (Moscow, Prospekt Mira in
VDNKh district, opposite Zvezdny boulevard) where its original resided in 1985.
Moscow
23 rd May, 1989.
A.Monastyrski, G.Kizewalter, E.Elagina, I.Nakhova.
57. MOVING OF THE AUDIENCE
Prior to the audience‘s arrival to the scene of action on the edge of Kievgorodskoe field a construction
was installed. It consisted of a vertically mounted metal ring (45 cm in diameter) with two holes drilled in
its sides (1.5 in diameter each). Then a red rope (approx. 500 meters long) was arranged in the form of an
ellipse on the field, its ends passed through the holes on the ring‘s inner side. Throughout the length of the
rope several metallic tags with paper labels were attached in various places. On one side of the label there
was an inscription ―KD. MOVING OF THE AUDIENCE‖. On the other side: ―Kievy Gorky ___ hour
___ minute. 11.6.1989‖.
The audience (20 persons in total) were met by N.Panitkov and A.Monastyrski and brought to the field‘s
center where they were prompted to position themselves against the ring invisible to them (it was
approximately 200 meters away). The outer rim of the rope ellipse was some 5-6 meters away from the
audience. From that position the viewers could already see the rope, as the grass was short on the field
(they could not see the labels, though).
Panitkov and Monastyrski asked the viewers to remain where they were, then detached themselves from
the group, turned on a tape recorder (it rested some 10 meters away from the audience; its soundtrack