Alexander Avdeev, like his colleagues in all the countries of the world, like in the case report that money on a culture dangerously lacking. Calculations with the conclusion "we need twice as much," the head of the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture, led at every meeting with lawmakers - and every year of his entreaties were ignored (please - 130, gave - 70), and the president only recommended that "tougher beat" the budget.
Things are moving in the spring of 2011 - totally unexpected for all involved, including, it seems the minister. Head of government in two weeks time to give a pile of promises: to raise the salaries of librarians, museum workers to give allowances;
to provide a museum depository; undertake reform of theater;
finance reconstruction Alexandrinka; ensure widespread
anniversary of the Hermitage. Profile Committee of the State Duma believes that we are talking about a raise somewhere in the 5.5 billion rubles, not counting the various federal programs. How to use them, the deputies are going to discuss just on Thursday.
3. The most important of all arts
Bad we do business with
financing a movie, recognized head of the government in November 2009. Money is not clear to dissolve, movies do not go out, leaving - do not earn, and if I had earned - that manage to denigrate the very country that gave money to the shooting.
To put things in order in the industry, came up with sighting spud commercial product, and low-budget arthouse keep on separate beds. The latter left in the conduct of the Ministry of Culture, along with animation, documentaries, shorts and other student experiences. For a first come up with a special
Fund for Social and Economic Support movie, who was given two times more than the ministry, money, and distribute they set Varyag -
Sergei Tolstikov, at the time of calling the Fund takes quite far from the cinema as adviser Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transmashholding .
Kinoobschestvennost (especially that part which bypassed funding) initially met with hostility by the reform: to say that the Fund will kill film festival that the whole venture cranked Mikhalkov, that, as usual, podgresti money for themselves. It was, however, that all remains in the same boat: both members Mikhalkovskaya Union of Cinematographers, and members of alternative Kinosoyuza recognize that in a country the trouble not only with financing but also
film education, while the head of the Foundation agrees with them, the producers of all sizes are experiencing that very few ideas - all together and contemplating how to teach screenwriters in Hollywood, commercial projects, along with art-house fighting for co-production - and the Foundation lobbied their interests, and the Ministry specifically
revives "Sovexportfilm", to push our cinema in the West. Here are just a fraction of domestic films in the total revenue continues to fall: in 2009 there were about 18%in 2010 - less than 15%. Have you managed to achieve something through reform - it will become clear only in autumn 2011, when the count charges at least half of the films released under the new system.
4. Brick by brick
Bolshoi Theatre after the renovation will go under the ground at 20 meters
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By coming to the Ministry of Avdeeva "construction of the century" -
reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theatre, raising the second stage of the Mariinsky Theatre - had already begun. First succeeded in virtually complete: the Bolshoi is already installed escalators and elevators, and in October the historic building should be open. Despite the interruptions to the financing and the change of contractors, the theater managed to increase the area of two times to determine whether to preserve the acoustics - will soon find out.
Even earlier, should be brought to music lovers
renovated Great Hall of the Conservatory - his promise to hand over to the updated International Tchaikovsky Competition, although it Organizing Committee Chairman Valery Gergiev, in any case took violinists and singers compete to himself in St. Petersburg. In some ways, perhaps he was right, because the air conditioning and heating in the Great Hall do not have time to complete: not enough 2 billion rubles.
During these three years with his plans for the reconstruction identified the leading museums of the capital - the State Tretyakov Gallery, which is
Change of Director, started to implement long-standing plans to build an additional wing, and
Pushkin Museum Pushkin, whose project affects not only the scale, but the budget 20 billion rubles.
The mirror image of the situation is and in St. Petersburg, where in no way complete the construction of a second stage for the Marina, commenced in 2003. In addition to the bloated budget (already exceeded 19 billion rubles), the project has no expiration date, which once again allowed to announce the postponement of the date open from 2011 to 2012.
In addition, their construction project got Hermitage -
the anniversary in 2014 the museum opened the work in the General Staff and Storage Facility built in the old village.
Avdeev, despite the building boom continues to remind about the sorry state of most of the objects of culture - theater, museums, educational institutions, libraries, and the list goes on.
5. What we have - do not store
Repository Restoration and Storage Centre Hermitage
Theme overhaul has evolved during the first since the revolution of scale museum validation-induced
grand theft from the Hermitage. After she decided to find out how and what we have stored.
The result was that the museum industry desperately needs - and the young staff, and money for them, and, most importantly, a new book depository - the place is not even enough Pushkin Museum. Pushkin Museum and the Kremlin.
As a result, drafted a program to safeguard the museum's RF and the development of museums with the expectation of 10 years. Its implementation would require, according to preliminary estimates, 169.5 billion rubles. In this article the most costly - almost 81 billion rubles - this overhaul, the construction of depository and exhibition facilities. Museum collections are counting finally systematized and included in the public directory, which promise to put on the Internet. This option would require 14 billion rubles, and the restoration of objects - 1,4 billion rubles. It remains to agree on a draft comprehensive reform, which is a state program "Culture of Russia 2012-2020," with museum staff, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
6. Three years in the arena
Over the past three years, the Ministry of Culture made very worried all the Russian circus community. Began with the reshuffle - in 2009 on a holiday
sent the head of Russian State Circus Company Mstislav Zapashny. Many circus waiting for this resignation, as the old-authoritarian "boss" a long time did not fit into the economic and artistic realities of today. In 2010, the Ministry of Culture, together with the successor Zapashny Alexander Kalmykov started cardinal
reform of the whole circus of the system - from the economy so creative. The most important of the planned changes - the creation of exchanges circus programs and financial independence of the regional circuses - artists and executives were skeptical. Many of the circus as
complained about the bend in the direction of real estate: repair and tehosnascheniyu building project focuses more attention than the performances, which there should occur. By the way, for repairs and reconstruction, according to preliminary estimates, will require 26 billion rubles from the state treasury.
Deadline for final version of the concept of circus reforms to the Russian government transferred several times. Tentatively we are talking about the end of May.
7. No censorship body
Visitors to the exhibition of nominees VI Contest "Innovation" is considering a project of art-group "War". H.y a prisoner of the FSB! ".
By coming to the Ministry of Avdeeva most spectacular scandal involving the leadership culture, was the performance of the previous Minister Sokolov called "a disgrace for Russia" work group "Blue Noses", which were supposed to take in Paris as part of the exhibition "Sots Art".
Avdeev, took the opposite position, the general meaning of which he himself had concluded, commenting on the
awarding of "Innovation" radical art group "War" per share Foundry on the bridge. The Minister said that his office is not a censorship body, and therefore does not intend to influence the decisions of experts, even if you disagree with them. Moreover, during the trial of the curators of the exhibition
"Forbidden Art" Erofeev and Samodurov accused of inciting hatred and enmity, the Minister expressed in defense of the defendants reasonably noted that "public perception of the exhibition should be the moral and ethical, not legal."
No less fundamental attitude was Avdeev to the most contentious issue of Russian city planning -
erection of the tower of Gazprom in St. Petersburg. The Minister said that the skyscraper is no place, and pointed to violations of law committed in the project. As a result, it is precisely this position and prevailed.
In parallel, the minister is trying to finally rid his department from having to perform the function of censorship, separating erotic movies from pornographic by issuing licenses rolling. To this end, he hopes to create a separate organization.
8. Fly in the ointment in the cross's
Avdeev - as a person with a diplomatic background - are especially good at large-scale international projects.
If last year, 2010 was devoted to
exchanges with France, then the current is related directly to the two countries - Italy and Spain, each of which has invented its own program of reciprocal tours, exchange of exhibitions and meetings. So,
year in Italy opened with a massive
Alexander Deineka exhibition in Rome and continues in the Russian exhibition of masterpieces from the Italian museums. The Spaniards also brought works from the Prado in the Hermitage Museum in Madrid and will leave our best dancers and musicians. On the way - cross-year with the Netherlands.
In addition, successfully conducted mesyachniki a week of Russian culture around the globe - from the Middle East to Latin America.
The increased activity of the Ministry of Culture abroad has not yet spread to the United States: a stumbling block became
"Schneerson Library", stored in Russia. According to Russia's unexpected decision of the Washington court, "the spiritual heirs of the" Schneerson got the rights to the library, thereby creating, a judicial precedent for infringement by third parties on the subjects of art imported into the country from Russia. After this, the Ministry of Culture to urgently rolled touring program of Russian art: Everyone is waiting for an intergovernmental agreement.
9. God - gods
Toropetzkaya icon of the Mother of God in the church of Alexander Nevsky in a luxury cottage "Knyazhye Lake in the suburbs.
One of the most controversial measures taken by the State in respect of culture, began last year
law on the transfer of property to religious organizations for religious purposes. As for he first of all immovable objects: the most resonant case, the output of the museum of the walls of the temple complex became
Novodevichy Convent, formerly part of the Historical Museum. The law does not preclude the transfer of church artifacts from the museum's foundation in perpetuity and free use. Then thundered the case with
Toropetzkaya icon of Our Lady of the Russian museum: it is first taken to the newly built near Moscow church of Alexander Nevsky, and are now going to move in Toropets in svezheotrestavrirovanny Cathedral.
The presence of the legitimate representatives of the church, in an understandable way, welcome, while many of the museum workers assess ambiguous, considering that finding the objects in temples during religious services could adversely affect their safety, responsibility for which remains they are.
10. Legislative action
To transfer the church of religious property lawmaking has not stopped: when Avdeeva together agencies and Culture Committee of the State Duma adopted several key measures.
Under the amendments to the 1983 Federal Law, which came into force on 1 January 2011, cultural institutions will go to one of three new forms of existence: either to abandon state support, and move to self-sufficiency, or agree to life exclusively on gosdotatsiyah or choose an intermediate option.
Soon to be made major adjustments in education law: there will be spelled out specifics peculiar to art, ballet, music and theater schools.
This year have been taken
amended the law on state procurement (PP 94): now theaters are exempt from bidding when ordering costumes and decorations, and restorers is possible to choose on the basis of professionalism, not just the economic feasibility. However, as acknowledged by the head of the Duma's culture committee Ivliev, scope for further improvement of the law is still there.
14-05-2011, 09:03
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