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

A.M. This is true, as I‘m always stuck in the middle of ―unsealing‖ situation. I mean, this is a rather
infantile trait of character, or, to be more precise, trait of fate that has something to do with treasurehunting
syndrome, solving puzzles or some secrets etc. I remember that since my childhood. Perhaps
this trait first became sealed within me and then in case with the kite cropped up. Kite launching is a
childish kind of activity, is it not And these scratches on my fingers remind of some childhood
traumas, like that old grenade found in the sand, it blew up etc. Thus, Prora is in fact another
playground.
S.H. Therefore we‘re playing an action. And the word ―actionist‖ that you‘ve used earlier, has a
double meaning. I mean, we have not only performed an action but also integrated it into the Prora
complex. And now the point in question is whether to destroy these relics or perhaps find some
usability for them. For me the most interesting proposal is to use different parts of the complex for
various purposes, in order to eliminate the totalitarian nature of these incumbent stone giants. For
example, to give them away to different enterprises and institutions like nurseries, resort homes,
hotels, bookshops, sport centers, firms etc. Our part was launching the kite.
Rygen
15.3.1994.
S. Haensgen, A. Monastyrski
VOLUME SEVEN
73. ON THE HILL
After climbing a high snowy hill steeply breaking to river Vorja with the rest of the action‘s company,
N.Panitkov installed around a tree a cardboard cylinder pasted with pictures from a north-Korean comic
series, using rubber straps. At the same time S.Haensgen arranged on the snow (in storyline order)
cardboard cards with similar images (70 pieces approx.). Then Panitkov cut the cylinder horizontally in
the middle so that its upper part was lifted by rubber straps while the lower part fell down. After that the
rest of the action‘s participants began dropping from the steep the cardboard cards set on snow by
S.Haensgen.
Then Panitkov was prompted to go down the steep, collect all the accessible cards and set them in snow
on the river‘s bank in storyline order, and he followed the instructions. In the course of the whole action
Panitkov was equipped with a backpack that held a tape recorder set to playback. Its soundtrack consisted
of descriptions of other KD actions. Panitkov also used another device to record his descriptions of found
cards.
There were also two elements unexpected by the action‘s authors themselves. Both S.Haensgen and
A.Monastyrski were surprised by the fact that the cardboard cylinder had been pasted with comic pictures
by Panitkov, while Panitkov was unaware of the tape recorder in his backpack and the necessity to
arrange the pictures found under the steep on riverbank. These elements of the action were not concerned
during the preliminary discussion.
Participating viewers: I.Bakshtein, D.Ross, B.Bogdanova, S.Blumberg.
17 th March, 1990
Yaroslavskaya railway line, station Kalistovo