Project description.
The event : Open-air feestival « Night of light in Gatchina » 2017
Theme of the event: Dreams
Chosen space: Rectangular basin 50x36 sq. m, 6 m. deep
Duration of the perofrmance: 5 hours
Size of the installation: 60x40x10m
There is a historical fact in the dramaturgical base of the conception. It was the only meeting between Daniil Kharms and Kazimir Malevich, during which Kharms got Malevich’s book with a valediction “Go and stop the progress”.
Action.
In this basin Kazimir Malevich and Daniil Kharms are trying to formulate their attitude towards the postmodern consumerist society in the comedy del arte style.
In the parallel, performers-operators of the space are constructing a giant plastic structure by passing through the pond from one bank to another in their own temporary rhythm. During the performance this net hiddens almost entirely the action in the basin from the spectator.