2021-2022
Water Charged for Success
Victoria Underground
december 2021 - january 2022
december 2021 - january 2022
At the New Year eve an exhibition exploring magic and occult practices and their affinity to the practices of contemporary art was open. The space, arranged according to the priciples of sacred geometry, presented specific zones, where the visitor through his/her own actions, could open up the mechanisms underlying a specific sacral practice.
Thus, there was a horoscope written by artificial intelligence, a set of empty stands that transformed each placed object into an amulet or a piece of art, a confessional corner where you could put your bothers on paper and erase them with a shredder, a set of 100 images where you had to roll the dice and get a number that was an answer to your question, a Big Zero as a praying space, a paradox box, a magic circle where you had to perform a set of movements following the audioinstruction, a portal that lead to a virtual gallery that lead to a real gallery and a glass of water that you could charge for success.
Thus, there was a horoscope written by artificial intelligence, a set of empty stands that transformed each placed object into an amulet or a piece of art, a confessional corner where you could put your bothers on paper and erase them with a shredder, a set of 100 images where you had to roll the dice and get a number that was an answer to your question, a Big Zero as a praying space, a paradox box, a magic circle where you had to perform a set of movements following the audioinstruction, a portal that lead to a virtual gallery that lead to a real gallery and a glass of water that you could charge for success.
Main exhibition view
The 'almost' square space of the Victoria Underground gallery was organised according to the sacred geometry, with three circles descending from the center and all 'zones' located along the path of the bigger circle, regularly set at its 8 sides. A special telegram bot was created to guide the visitors through the space and help them interact with the 'zones'.
Images by Anastasia Albokrinova.
Images by Anastasia Albokrinova.
The Portal
Joint space of the exhibition where you could get through a computer game "Dicey" installed in the main exhibition space. At the Portal located at the headquarters of out-group Mukha you could meet the live objects from the "Dicey" virtual space. At the end of the exhibition the Portal was closed by packing all the objects, bringing them to Victoria gallery and destroying everything in the "Dicey" game. The cellular phone through which you could receive the coordinates and time of the Portal opening was shut down, the sim was destroyed.
Images by Anastasia Albokrinova.
Images by Anastasia Albokrinova.
The Big Zero
The most monumental object of the exhibition was the big Zero, a hollow sculpture of a human height. During the dates of the show every person could meditate by the big Zero, arrange the space around it, bring some gifts and share their confessions by writing them at the confessions corner, deleting the paper though the shredder and placing the paper trash inside a hole of the sculpture. On the last day of the exhibition the big Zero was rolled outside the gallery and accompanied by a crowd across the frozen ice of the Volga river. There, with all the confessions inside, it was burned for everybody' joy.
Images by Anastasia Albokrinova.
Images by Anastasia Albokrinova.
Water charged for success
Exhibition that changes destiny
Working group:
Anastasia Albokrinova, Maksim Yakinin, Krasnyi Doshik, Ruslan Vyaltsev, Julia Avramenko, Anna and Vitaly Cherepanovs, out-group Mukha.
The Portal (partner space): Headquarters of out-group Mukha
Working group:
Anastasia Albokrinova, Maksim Yakinin, Krasnyi Doshik, Ruslan Vyaltsev, Julia Avramenko, Anna and Vitaly Cherepanovs, out-group Mukha.
The Portal (partner space): Headquarters of out-group Mukha
