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

When the viewers were approaching the rope and tape recorder, S.Romashko appeared from the forest on
the opposite side of the field (200 meters away from the audience‘s position), came closer to them and
turned on the recorder. Its soundtrack consisted of A.Monastyrski‘s message to KD in German. During
the playback of this recording (3 minutes approx.) S.Romashko tied together the two ends of the rope.
When the soundtrack came to an end, N.Kozlov who was standing on a clearing behind a hill, invisible to
the audience, started to pull the rope. One minute later a melon attached to one end of the rope appeared
from the north side of the forest‘s edge. S.Romashko and the audience followed it.
Upon arriving to a clearing in the forest where the melon had been drawn, the viewers discovered a small
PVC-covered construction (resembling a greenhouse, 200x100x75 cm) with a map of Federal Republic of
Germany and a ringing bell inside. On the map the area of Munchen was outlined. After inspecting the
object the viewers were given envelopes with glued onto them fragments of Munchen map with a blue
point indicating A.Monastyrski‘s suggested location during ―the call‖. Inside the envelopes there were
photocopied collages consisting of A.M‘s message in German and a map of Europe (with Moscow and
Munchen connected with a straight line) almost covering it.
The PVC construction and the roped melon were left behind in the field.
Kievy gorky
30.9.1989
E. Elagina, G. Kizelater, S. Romashko, N. Kozlov.
7-8 persons.
61. HANGARS IN THE NORTH-WEST
(see Preface to Volume 5 of “Going to the country”)
VOLUME SIX
62. THE ROSETTE
S: I was very much impressed by the fact that in a shoeshop in Prospekt Mira where we dropped in was
virtually empty, only lonesome rubber boots rested in a corner. In the halls there were some small shops,
kiosks selling plaster decorations instead of boots. I mean, these shops were selling not necessary goods,