Showing posts with label performance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label performance. Show all posts

19 February 2014

26 October 2013

Dangerous Art: From Varvara Stepanova to Pussy Riot. Lecture by Irina Aristarkhova


Irina Aristarkhova, associate professor of art & design, history of art, and women's studies, University of Michigan. Feb 6, 2013.

05 October 2013

Polina Kanis - Eggs


Kanis Polina - Eggs from Moscow Rodchenko Artschool on Vimeo.

Polina Kanis - Purification


Kanis Polina - Purification from Moscow Rodchenko Artschool on Vimeo.
In her work “Purification”, Kanis reconstructs a ritual foot-washing common to varied cultures and traditions. She washes the feet of young people dressed in a white uniform, one by one, in so doing trying to reconsider it, and to purify it of its existing meanings and stereotypes. In the end, placed within a contemporary context, the canonical image entire deconstructs itself.