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

N. Panitkov, S. Haensgen, A. Monastyrski
74. THE CANS
At Panitkov‘s dacha in Lobnya the organizers distributed 3-liter glass cans among 12 of 24 total
participants. After that the whole company headed to Kiovogorskoe field. On the field‘s edge the
participants were prompted to form two equal groups, one with cans (12 persons) and another without
them (12 persons). Panitkov put inside the cans pieces of blue and white calico. A.M. asked the
participants to form 12 pair, each of those should be consisting of one person with a can and one without
it. The such assembled pairs were instructed to distribute themselves along the field‘s perimeter at equal
distance from each other. After that each participant without a can (in each pair) was supposed to stay on
the field‘s edge, while his partner was to walk towards the center of the field (holding the can behind his
back so that his partner could see it) until stopping at the partner‘s signal. The timing of signal was to be
visually estimated by participant without a can: he was supposed to set the signal at the moment when the
can in the hands of his partner almost lost its form (due to distance) and turned into a point. After the
signal the second participant was to stop and put the can on the ground. Then his partner was to join him.
After gathering within a perimeter outlined on the divided field with cans (two irregular concentric rings),
the guests were prompted by the organizers to get together in the center of the field. Upon doing this, the
participants approached a camera by one, identified themselves and specified whether they had crossed
the field with a can or without one. At the same time A.M. was doubling this data in his notebook. The
pairs arranged in the following order: Panitkov - Monastyrski, Brilling - Bobrinskaya, Tamruchi -
Filippov, Alchuk - Ryklin, Kuskov - S.Rid, Makarevich - Nesterova, Obukhova - Backstein, Kizevalter -
Konstantinova, Orlova - Ovchinnikova, Dyogot - Levashov, Elagina - Romashko, Kacharava - Albert.
Kiovogorskoe field
12nd May, 1990
N. Panitkov, A. Monastyrski
75. THE SLOGAN–90 (For Yu.Leiderman)
Several days prior to the action Yu.Leiderman received a large cardboard sheet (110x164 cm) shaped like
a folder. Leiderman was prompted to choose an appropriate evening, go to metro station Kashirskaya, exit
at the platform, unfold the folder and fix it with its inside facing the pillar opposite the wall with the
station‘s name. After unfolding and setting up the folder Leiderman discovered on its inside a color copy
of photographic image picturing similar fragment of the same station‗s wall with letters ―Kashirskaya‖
(size 110x164 cm). Further action was to be undertaken at Leiderman‘s own will.
Moscow, metro station Kashirskaya
14 th August, 1990
S. Haensgen, A. Monastyrski
76. ARCHAEOLOGY OF LIGHT