article on Perm in the St. Petersburg Gazette, uncut
Olga Sherwood, the author sent:
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full text below: Perm: Red Men, the green line
X International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana Perm presented breakthroughs and dead ends of civilization. The city itself is struggling selected from the grayness of everyday life.
year has passed since the previous story about the Cultural Revolution (without quotes) in the Perm region. What has changed since then? That's what I saw /heard with my own eyes /ears.
In the hotel lobby "Ural" got a great layout Perm , near his plates with the schemes twenty master plan for the city - right up to the prospects of cycling in the outermost regions, not to mention the territories of cultural objects. Nearby Book reviews and suggestions, as well as bukletik with a list of the main ideas of the document, decorated with graphic composition of the coat of arms with the bear, the motto of the City - that's us! "And three red figures of little men.
Perm But today was not thrilled by these creatures, and works of street art - anthropomorphic sculptures by artist Andrei Lublin (you will laugh - from St. Petersburg, graduated from the "Fly" ;). In mid-September, the only one sitting on the roof of the Organ concert hall, the other - on the lawn near the Parliament building, another couple - close to the extreme park.'s hand raised as if in the voting, the neck does not end there. All four of them, and the noise created!
The people puzzled and amused, some MPs were suddenly, as if the non-commissioned officer's widow: know yourself ... The President of the Union of Russian Artists in the Perm region Ravil Ismagilov, as they say , said that would burn the red creatures. "Not surprisingly, the figures on the ground have been vandalized. Another wrote that someone cut in half and green creatures - a banner with the image of going" traffic light "silhouettes from around the world ( Project of the American photographer Maya Barkai).
Of course, Permyaks "Red Men" tested for sensitivity and tolerance (any result here - the result). Oct. 25, they went from the shores of the Kama to the shores of the Neva to accompany the draft "The Cultural Alliance. Perm St.-Petersburg" - Days of Culture of the Perm begin with us on November 9, the newspaper tells about them in detail. However, from the red-man 'strong effect not expect: set near the center of Kuriokhin name, they go unnoticed by most citizens. I am not for it to put a figure on the Winter Palace and Smolny, but here's the glass of the new Stockmann - just right.
is still open after the restoration of the House Meshkov - it is local history Perm Regional Museum. The exhibition is wonderful, provided everything - from the famous" animal style "to the new Russian crimson jacket. In the renovated railway station building is now just completed the fossil exhibition "Museum of Antiquities of the Permian, a huge success predestined: now she has developed, will become permanent.
PERMM (many of you know: in the former River Station and the authorities think about "Second Life" - the program of saving the old houses of the new functions). PERMM 'and now a big retrospective of Valery Koshlyakov "unattainable", one of the objects in the natural size decided to put the Permian lighthouse: it seems to have started in the Kama build the foundation for the tower, a sculpture made of metal, a little "the broken", with a luminous ball-projector upstairs. < /p>
In PERMM 'and October has been a month of free trips for students. and founded the project" Loft ": children from five years old are introduced to contemporary art, and they themselves can do there. In classical Perm Gallery of the classroom with children show small stools, and grandmothers around the table engaged in something artistic, we saw ourselves. The gallery is set sharply impressive layout of Architectural situation of the future Perm - Moscow architect Boris Bernasconi so sees the building of a new art museum. Not to be still the same age paintings and sculptures in the cathedral.
And next on the pavement - where it became fashionable cliche ads - " edu "quote:" If you want the world to change itself become the change. Mahatma Gandhi "and" attach importance to trifles. Rory Sutherland (known guru of advertising messages to this particular project TED x PERM «The Art of Being" ;).
Actually, Perm is very rich in visual, and much more" telling "than many other cities. Here, without comment, two examples of advertising: social - Perm. Find Yourself Here ", cultural - Festival of Michael Nyman. Part 1».
sign" Shaverma. Shaurma. W elcome ! »indicates that the natural tolerance small business. lawless graffiti at a clothing store window displays "Your belongings - child labor - the disdain for consumerism.
On the other hand, "rock painting" Beach and Perm. How to deal? invented graffiti-Marathon Bridge to the Future ", gathered artists from different cities, they delivered a can of paint already head of the Perm Krai Oleg Chirkunov. Not for the sake of his glory as an example for: we are accustomed to a culture of self-made artists express themselves. Chirkunov, incidentally, has just reconfirmed in office, so that the mandate for a further transformation is obtained.
Another panel (540 square meters) arose almost before our eyes: red, white and black painted slabs of concrete barriers, again near the Legislative Assembly. Subject mural proud and topical: Perm, in the context culture. For a local meet the Finno-Ugric ornaments, for Russian - khokhloma curls, on behalf of the world appears an obvious and less obvious Coliseum London Bridge. So, without false modesty.
are entitled to. One of the proofs - movies Flahertiana that for the tenth time makes life Perm inhabitants of the planet in the mapping documentary. One hundred and six paintings from 27 countries in five days the six sites saw 6500 people. 40,747 hits recorded project Flahertiana online »(were sent from different countries, from Germany to Turkey's 80 films, 41 of them - professional writers, and the rest - the future pros): find the network, join us.
The project "University-Flahertiana" 91 sampler consisted of 27 programs (hundreds of movies) from the archives of the festival. Their 3050 saw another man held 54 debates .. better to recognize a selection of Art - and breaks the convention of the Institute for Arts and Culture (written with a capital letter, yes). Participants attend all sessions of the festival for free.
And fearlessly dip, like all of his viewers into the depths of civilizational problems, the authors of meaningful films. Here you have at least a few examples. "The Last Train home, "Lisin Fan (China): Residents of the Middle Kingdom are obliged to meet the new year at home, 130 million migrant workers simultaneously storming the train - the conflict of tradition and lack of infrastructure.
« With Love from the Ramstein "Irene Langemann (Germany): an American airbase on German soil, hence the planes fly to Iraq, Afghanistan, and suddenly, and in Georgia, and serve women in including mothers of young children, - the conflict of modern military career, and samoyts war, with family values.
«The cubs' Justin Pietsch, Lisa Engelbach (Germany): homeless adolescents in Kathmandu, they are drug-addict, beggar, thief, the nickname of the protagonist" a handful of ass " - the conflict is clear.
«Agrarian Utopia Uruhponga Raksasada (Thailand): farmers unable to repay the loan and become serfs of the small planter, feeding actually gathering and hunting, planter, also can not repay the loan and sells the farm workers are forced to seek his fortune in Bangkok ... - change the natural, the natural life cycle due to this stage of development of society (almost an illustration of Marx).
«Mugabe and White African" Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson (UK): the white citizens of Zimbabwe in fear of beatings and killings forced to leave the farm - mode distributes the land to its officials and mistresses of officials, the result - a complete and hopeless ruin of farms. dictator Mugabe: "Yes, I am Hitler, and Zimbabwe - for Zimbabweans", is racism, it's revenge for the colonial history of the black Hama whites aristocrat, even though an aristocrat workaholic and employs five hundred local people. In a more benign form similar thing happened on the ruins of the Soviet empire.
picture of one family who decided to fight for their property and the right, is impressive. We definitely ventured, they - along with the heroes - have found sympathy and prizes at many festivals around the world. Here and in Perm, the jury headed by renowned Soviet-Russian Viktor documentary Lisakovich gave her the Grand Prix Golden Nanook ". A Guild of Film Critics - his" Elephant ».
Although I have found another favorite -" Symphony of Kinshasa "Klaus Vishmanna, Martin Baer (Germany, Congo). In part, the antithesis of the British film - the story of how African people learn European culture. ten-capital Democratic Republic of the Congo, the poorest city, unpresentable district like ours the border of the market: the shack, impassable mud, battered asphalt. Many people here had never heard anything but traditional music or rap. And suddenly, here - the only one in the world (the authors), a large symphony orchestra consisting entirely of blacks, all of them - non-professionals. cellist, say, gets up at 4.30 am, with seven trades in the market omelette, with five in the evening - a rehearsal.
They are learning - in the courtyard, under a lamp - not anything, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It is striking words of the chorus:" When I sing "Ode to Joy" takes me far away, and I get by itself. "Beethoven is difficult, the conductor is ready to cancel the concert, but it must take place - as our eyes from a simple timber to be born bass. (" We have had many tools, but they were stolen during a raid ».)
Suddenly we understand why the symphony is not given: it can not be enough to improvise, and Here's Bolero by Ravel easily flourishes in jazz style. It sounds the way, while serving in the church kimbangistov. Baptist preacher Simon Kimbangu (tells his granddaughter-orkestrantka) pursue the colonialists for the interpretation of the Bible, but his prophecy came true: the Congo for half a century an independent country. At the very beginning of the movie heroes sing "Slave Chorus from the opera" Nabucco "- that is, true freedom and leads, though very gradually, to the heights of culture ?..
is the meaning of the seemingly ordinary story about an amateur orchestra. about how this documentary blockbuster invented and made by the authors, the operator, sound engineer, it is easy to write more than one page. In the final We see perfectly, sorry, crazy of experience rapturous audience.
And their audience at the opening Flahertiana its founder and president of documentary filmmaker Paul Pechenkin asked: "Who was the first festival fifteen years ago?" After looking room, where stood along the walls, said with satisfaction: "One tenth. Other newcomers. So we do not work in vain."
"Skeptics will be put to shame" - the motto of this historical period in Perm. stats we were given by Minister of Culture Region Boris Milgram and "commissioner" Gelman: This year, tourists - already 600 thousand. And the local change: Two years ago, Perm would leave 60 per cent of young people last summer, a survey recorded only eight. Now the revived culture pulls the education ...
symbol is a new situation & ndash ; green line on the pavement in the center of Perm: "the main pedestrian route" leading from one culture to another point, every museum, a remarkable house, a memorable place now marked by a stand ...
We have approximately this way (one of the hundreds possible) is called the" European route. "But the title of European Capital of Culture was the first Russian cities, I suspect, will receive Perm. that its next ambition is possible to devote a special story, so far only Seen: poster, which Permian Bear brazenly violated the terms of stars on the emblem of the European Union - that he hangs ...
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