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Programme 4.
“Video art and mass visual culture”.
With the beginning of postmodern era the fine arts have ceased to be the sphere
that defined the visual image of a culture. Mass production of various quality
and multipurpose images, often aggressively introduced into the everyday
surroundings of a human being made scholars change their view point on the
problem of art production and articulate the new phenomenon as a field of
culture studies defined as visual culture.
The process of communication language formation for the contemporary visual
culture is mostly determined by technologies used in creation, reproduction and
distribution of images. The first to notice their major role in changing
artistic image ‘s function and status was Walter Benjamin in his article “The
work of art in the era of mechanical reproduction” (1935) which later became a
keynote for contemporary culture and art research. The gist of this
transformation is: from creating a distanced reality image, to reproducing
reality as such by the new techniques, a reproduction utterly convincing and
thrilling the viewer by its intensity - for instance, on screen. The other
important feature of this transformation is the easiness of reproduction,
replication and mass distribution of visual products, which has made it
accessible for all, so that the image as such has lost its value and became an
object of economical and political manipulation.
Tatiana Gorucheva.
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Nina Zaretzkaya and è Sergei Savushkin, Moscow.
“It’s just a beginning…”
1993. 6’45’’. Betacam.
© Nina Zaretzkaya and è Sergei Savushkin. |
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Andrei Velikanov, Moscow.
“Duality of a Language-sign is Asymmetrical”
1998. 3’10’’. MJPEG.
Text, camera, montage, director – folk.
Art director – Andrei Velikanov.
© Andrei Velikanov. |
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“BlueSoup”, Moscow.
“In the hour of Trouble”
1999. 1’30’’. Betacam.
Technical assistance – “Cine-Phantom” Studio.
© Cine Fantom studio.
© BlueSoup |
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Aleksandr Shaburov, Ekaterinburg.
«Guess a melody»
1998. NonStop. (episode). Hi 8.
© Aleksandr Shaburov |
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ZAiBi, Moscow.
“Flying Frogs”.
1997-98. 3’20’’. Computer collage.
Technical assistance “Termen-Centre” studio. |
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Natalia Borisova, Russia (Moscow) - Germany.
“The End”.
2000, 3'00''. MiniDV.
© Natalia Borisova |
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AES, Moscow.
“Who wants to live forever ”.
1998. 5’30’’. Betacam.
Director – AES (Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Sviatsky).
Camera – Ýðèê Ìàëèíèí.
Editor – Ìàðàò Êåäðîâ.
Montage – AES.
Make-up – Ludmila Diakova
Dress – Aleksandr Petliura.
Music - Queen.
With assistance of “Cine-Phantom” studio and “TV-gallery” Art Media Centre.
© AES |
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Andrei Silverstov, Vladimir Dudchenko, Moscow.
“Liana on-line at www.dosug.org”.
2000. 15’00’’. Betacam.
Scriptwriter, Director - Vladimir Dudchenko.
Producer - Andrei Silverstov.
Montage, special effects – Pavel Labazov.
Camera – Vadim Kibogov.
Music – Yegor Nwechiporuk.
© Vladimir Dudchenko, Andrei Silverstov. |
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Viktor Alimpiev, Olga Stolpovskaya, Moscow.
“Subscribers”.
2000, 11’00’’ Betacam SP.
Directors - Viktor Alimpiev, Olga Stolpovskaya.
Script - Viktor Alimpiev, Olga Stolpovskaya, Ekaterina Pemberton.
Camera – Dmitry Fedorov.
Starring: Oleg Grushetsky, Anna Sidorkina, Igor Fokin, Viktor Kuznetsov,
Valentina Dugina.
Voices - Sergei Chonishvili, Elena Solovieva.
Montage: Viktor Alimpiev.
Producers: Viktor Alimpiev, Olga Stolpovskaya.
© Viktor Alimpiev, Olga Stolpovskaya. |
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Andrus Ventslova, St. Petersburg.
“Problems concerning a bike”.
1992. 11’40’’. Hi 8.
Starring: Artur Budnitsky, Andrus Ventslova.
Director – Andrus Ventslova.
© Andrus Ventslova |
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Elena Sharova, Ekaterinburg.
"The year of the Hare".
1999. 14’50’’. Betacam SP.
Author, Director – Elena Sharova.
As the Hare – Aleksandr Volkhonsky.
Production – Matvey Epanchintsev.
© Studio u7tv. |
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