Russian Video Art Festival

On January 14-17, 2021, GUM Cinema is hosting the New Russian Video Art Festival, organized as part of the Circumstances of Insurmountable Time exhibition by Evgeny Granilshchikov at GUM-Red-Line Gallery.

Each evening, at 20:00, GUM Cinema will present several video art pieces by Russian artists selected by Evgeny Granilshchikov as festival curator.

The films, created by Russian artists from 2011 to 2020, showcase reality in a documentary format, use the language of video art as a special optical instrument to be used in a bid to transform the reality that surrounds us.

The New Russian Video Art Festival will demonstrate a wide range of artistic techniques, the great variety in the way artists tackle moving images, the impressive selection of themes and methods. Many pieces will be presented for the very first time as part of the program. A number of works have been recognized by prizes of international festivals.

The festival organized by Evgeny Granilshchikov with the participation of GUM-Red-Line Gallery is an attempt to focus on the last decade of new Russian video art.

Festival participants: Sasha Anikina, Elena Artemenko, Tanya Akhmetgalieva, Dmitri Venkov, Yasha Vetkin, Mikhail Zaikanov, Andrey Ishonin, Olya Kroytor, Petr Kirusha, Anni Leonova, Misha Maximov, Ekaterina Muromtseva, Albina Mokhrykova, Maxim Pechersky, Nastya Safonova, Albert Soldatov.

The idea of holding the festival was suggested by the Circumstances of Insurmountable Time exhibition curators Marina Fedorovskaya and Karina Karaeva.

The video art showings will be held at GUM Cinema on January 14, 15, 16, and 17, at 20:00.

Guests should arrive by 19.30
You must register to take part in the festival  

Program:
January 14, Thursday, 20:00
Dmitri Venkov Mad Mimes (2012) – 30.00
Petr Kirusha Crown (2014) – 04.54
Tanya Akhmetgalieva Collection de Cristaux… (2019) – 02.30
Tanya Akhmetgalieva Love These Fiery Moments (2016) – 04.10
Mikhail Zaikanov Etude (2011) – 02.31
Sasha Anikina Ostrannenie (2016-2017) – 08.01
Yasha Vetkin Archive (2020) – 07.45

January 15, Friday, 20:00
Ekaterina Muromtseva In This Country (2017) – 09.32
Elena Artemenko Game (2018) – 10.12
Elena Artemenko Push (2017) – 07.04
Nastya Safonova SILENT (2017) – 13.03
Elena Artemenko Bridge the Gap (2020) – 10.00
Olya Kroytor Decay – 05.44 Petr Kirusha Afterparty (2012) – 12.00

January 16, Saturday, 20:00
Albert Soldatov MICE (2019) – 10.36
Misha Maximov Hopper Measuring (2016) – 06.42
Misha Maximov The Death of Me (2017) – 12.20
Mikhail Zaikanov Escape (2010) – 06.19
Mikhail Zaikanov 3.47 (2012) – 3.47
Albina Mokhrykova Maybe Therapy? (2020) – 26.30

January 17, Sunday, 20-00
Albert Soldatov Default City (2017) – 08.19
Nastya Safonova It Seems That Someone Is Stealing My Impressions (2016) – 1.38
Nastya Safonova From Red to Yellow, From the Public to the Intimate (2016) – 00.36
Nastya Safonova Don’t Park Here (2016) – 00.06
Nastya Safonova Bud (2016) – 02.33
Albina Mokhrykova Crocodile (2016) – 3.31
Mikhail Maksimov Obmyak (2015)
Andrey Ishonin Transformation (2018) – 01.02
Andrey Ishonin Growing Old in Just 5 Minutes (2018) – 05.00
Anni Leonova SWEEPING SWEET (2020) - 11.20
Maxim Pechersky The Year of the White Moon (2020) – 21:20