А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...
А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...
А. Монастырский, Н. Панитков, И. Макаревич, Е. Елагина, С ...
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there was an inscription in black letters: ―FOURTY-SIXTH LIFTING OF MIKHAIL RYKLIN<br />
OVER RIVER YAUZA‖, on the other side there was a ―road up‖ traffic sign sewn onto the cloth. The<br />
cloth remained there after the action‘s end and was picked off on the next day by N.Panitkov.<br />
Moscow, river Yauza in Losiny Ostrov district<br />
6.4.1996<br />
A.Monastyrski, S.Romashko, G.Kizevalter, N.Panitkov, I.Makarevich, M.Konstantinova, E.Elagina,<br />
E.Bobrinskaya.<br />
I.Bakshtein, A.Alchuk<br />
79. LIKHOBORKA<br />
The audience was brought to river Likhoborka on the location where it flows into the territory of Central<br />
Botanical garden.<br />
When all the invited persons took their observatory positions, a purple parcel containing switched-on tape<br />
recoder (its soundtrack consisted of this action‘s descriprion) began to descend from the bridge of<br />
Moscow circular railway road on two ropes held by the action‘s two organizers.<br />
The recording was done in such a way that the sounding of the recorded text began in approximately 10<br />
minutes after the parcel‘s hanging immovably some 30-40 centimeters above the water surface.<br />
Then, approximately at this point of the text, the parcel was submerged in water (in order to prevent the<br />
tape recorder from soaking it had been thoroughly wrapped in cellophane prior to the action).<br />
The period of the parcel‘s staying underwater was determined by the record‘s timing, beginning with<br />
words ―The period of the parcel‘s staying underwater… ― and ending with words ―…Then the recorder<br />
was drawn out of the water‖.<br />
After drawing the recorder out of the water, two action‘s organizers lifted the parcel onto the bridge using<br />
the same ropes, turned off the recorder and went down to the audience.<br />
24 th September, 1996.<br />
Moscow, Central botanical garden<br />
[Collective actions]<br />
Note. The following text was sounding from the tape recorder during the action as represented hereby.<br />
However, some details did not coincide with this text. The sound of someone reading text became audible<br />
approximately four minutes into the performance (not after 10 minutes). This happened immediately<br />
after a package had been suspended 5m above a river. It was left to hang motionlessly. The package<br />
consisted of a tape recorder which was covered (but not in cellophane) and suspended so that it did not<br />
touch the water. S Romashko and A Monastyrsky lowered the tape recorder downwards from a bridge.<br />
Neither of these retrieved the package, instead it was hauled upwards by N Paitkov who used a fine<br />
fishing line to pull it back in. Panitkov then cut the ropes freeing the tape recorder from its binding.<br />
Finally the viewers were given a document (factography) which consisted of small pieces of wood<br />
wrapped in the same fabric as the tape recorder. This bore an inscription indicating the date of the<br />
performance (the 24 th even though the performance had taken place on the 25 th ). The viewers observed<br />
the performance from a large tube shaped tunnel which connected the two banks of the river (immediately<br />
in front of a railway bridge).<br />
Moscow, Central botanical garden<br />
25 th September, 1996