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Du 14 au 28 mars 2025
Joseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art
The Joseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art was founded in 1992 by a group of curators and artists.
The main task of the Institute is to create optimal conditions for the professional development of young artists, curators and theorists working in the field of contemporary art.
Website: https://icamoscow.ru/en/about
Course presentation:
Responsible : Stas Shuripa
The program of the course “New Artistic Strategies” is focused on the formation of students’ deep and panoramic knowledge about current processes and trends in the global art scene, history, artistic and philosophical concepts important for modern artistic life.
PROGRAMME VIDÉO :::
Endless celebration | Tatyana Serova | 2023 | 00’54
A celebration that never lets go, relentlessly pursuing my heroes and leaving a trail of confetti in its wake. The heroes react to this phenomenon in different ways: some accept it, others observe it with weariness, and some feel deep pain. Confetti serves here as a metaphor for the informational noise that surrounds us. On the one hand, this noise creates a tolerance for evil, dulling our perception of the horrors unfolding around us. On the other hand, if we strive to retain our humanity by keeping our minds and hearts open, we risk being overwhelmed by the bitterness of realizing the absurdity and injustice of the world. This inner struggle is an attempt to avoid participating in a celebration that actually masks real suffering.
Panopticon: living worlds | Olga Minina | 2024 | 1’00
The panopticon is a system for monitoring many people at once, in the form of a circular building with a sigle observation point, an ideal prison according to philosopher Jeremy Bentham. In another sense, Panopticum – a collection of unusual objects and anything that is unusual in general, a gathering of something incredible, frightening. The prototype of the Bentham Panopticon could also be a menagerie for royal entertainment (The Royal Menagerie of Versailles). As part of the project, I transform the idea of the panopticon as a monitoring system into an artistic experience and create interaction between the inhabitants and the observer, while referring to the “surveillance society” established by modern control systems (surveillance cameras and user information collection systems). Strange creatures, living their unique lives, walking freely on the territory outside their cameras, thinking they are free, while remaining under the observation of the viewer. In this project, I develop the idea of control and interaction in modern society, as well as the value of individuality and freedom for each creature, whether it is a real person or a fictional creature.
Consistency of action | Katya Kosova | 2024 | 1’15
The work «Constance of action» is dedicated to the collision of sources of the instant and the expanse. While one is about creation, unity with nature and its study, the other documents the considerable efforts devoted to a tiny flash that can destroy everything around it but captivates the eye with its magic and beauty. The multiple exposure present in the video only reinforces the ephemerality of the efforts made, forming a space for dissipation – irreversible dissipation of energy, moving to new forms.