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Chto Delat, The Urgent Need to Struggle, installation shot, ICA, murals by Nikolay Oleynikov, 2010, photo: Steve White
hainele lor de muncæ, vizibil extenuafli øi meditativi. Mai mult decît atît, postura frontalæ
øi staticæ øi intensitatea privirii sugereazæ aøteptarea lor conøtientæ de a pæøi într-o
nouæ eræ, pe care o înfleleg øi sînt în mæsuræ s-o stæpîneascæ. Videoul aratæ imagini
statice ale membrilor Chto Delat, adoptînd posturi øi creînd o coregrafie a compozifliilor
ce aminteøte de cea din picturæ, în timp ce, pe fundal, vocile comenteazæ
lucrarea lui Popkov în raport cu natura øi munca colectivului. În mod distinct faflæ
de indivizii înfæfliøafli în picturæ, membrii Chto Delat se privesc, joacæ, stabilesc un
contact fizic øi îøi schimbæ în permanenflæ configuraflia øi postura. Ei vorbesc despre
prietenie, multidisciplinaritate øi importanfla reîntîlnirii în urma unui conflict, cu scopul
de a cæuta un spafliu al împæcærii, în timp ce continuæ sæ-øi exprime opiniile diferite
øi adesea contrastante. Printr-o serie largæ de fragmente de discurs øi imagini, Constructorii
ilustreazæ cu succes ideea unei comunitæfli care se autodefineøte prin producerea
„literaturii“ ca formæ de cunoaøtere împærtæøitæ mai degrabæ decît prin
intermediul definirii parametrilor stricfli de acfliune.
La capætul galeriei, dominînd-o, o reproducere bidimensionalæ, la scaræ realæ, a unui
monument întruchipeazæ postura epicæ a fiinflei colective. Partisan Monument
(2009–2010) [Monumentul Partizanului] e un colaj a douæ imagini ale unor lucræri
of rising workers with a memorial to fallen fighters. This is a reconstruction
of the original piece, which was realised as a prop for the
video Partisan Songspel: A Belgrade Story (2009). The video, playing
on a monitor, can be viewed on the top of the mezzanine, overlooking
the rest of the exhibition, while gazing through the back of the
silhouetted heads populating Partisan Monument. More than just
watching, as the audio guide recommends, visitors are invited to join
in the chorus singing in the video: eight people dressed in what look
like white anti-contamination suits, raising from the back of the
Partisan Monument. The sculptures springing to life act as the
guardians of communism: they sing a call to historical awareness of
the war they endured and ideas they fought for. Re-descending from
the top of the mezzanine to exit the gallery, one encounters one last
video. Belleville (2008), is a documentary narrating the vicissitudes of
a group of Roma refugees who, having fled Kosovo, had attempted
to settle near Belleville, a residential complex developed on the
occasion of the international sports event Universiade Belgrade
2009. In the early morning of 3 April 2009, diggers tore down the
barracks where 45 Roma families had attempted to settle, in close
proximity to the residential area. Such systematic destruction was
undertaken without warning and without giving individuals the time
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