A Fragment of Infinity
dal 28/9/2015 al 24/10/2015
Segnalato da
28/9/2015
A Fragment of Infinity
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Zurab Gallery), Moscow
The project is a synthesis of contemporary dance and visual art. It combines an exhibition by French artist Laurent Pernot and a performance by Russian choreographer Anna Abalikhina.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the X TERRITORY International Festival supported by the French Institute in Russia and the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation present the project «A Fragment of Infinity/ Une fraction d’infini». The project is a synthesis of contemporary dance and visual art. It combines an exhibition by French artist Laurent Pernot and a performance by Russian choreographer Anna Abalikhina.
The main topics of the project are memory, oblivion and the life of modern society. Laurent Pernot explores changes of values of today’s homo selfies through installations and videos, sound art, work with light and space. The artist refers to emotions and personal recollections of viewers, as well as to philosophy, literature and cinema as forms of collective memory.
Laurent Pernot totally changes one of the museum halls for Anna Abalikhina’s performance. In MMOMA, dancers will exist in the world, made of video installations and art objects by Pernot. The unique performance, which they will show within the Festival on October 3,4,7,8, will be documented and become a part of the exhibition.
The project «A Fragment of Infinity/ Une fraction d’infini» continues long-term cooperation between the TERRITORY Festival and MMOMA. In 2012, the performance exhibition «90s: Victory and Defeat», curated by Oleg Kulik, was shown. In 2013, the Rehearsal of Freedom project by theater artist Ksenia Peretrukhina was held. In 2014, the site-specific project «Shakespeare. Labyrinth» in the Theatre of Nations and the EXHIBIT B performance project happened. The Museum is also a regular platform for the Festival’s education program.
Laurent Pernot
Laurent Pernot French artist. Lives and works in Paris.
Laurent Pernot holds a university degree and graduated from Le Fresnoy national studio of contemporary arts. His unique career has been punctuated with numerous residencies and exhibitions in both France and abroad. Solo exhibitions were held in Palais de Tokyo (France), Centre Pompidou (France), Sketch Gallery (London), Miro Foundation (Spain), Palacio das Artes (Brasil), 1aSpace (Hong-Kong), Alvar Aalto Museum (Finland), NCCA Kaliningrad (Russia), etc. The artist was also part of group shows held at São Paulo Biennal (Brasil), LAM Museum of contemporary arts (France), Mingsheng Museum (Shanghai), Louis Vuitton (Paris), Riga Art Space (Latvia), Victoria Square (Montreal), Numthong Gallery (Bangkok), KCB (Serbia), 104 (Paris), Grand Palais (Paris), Casino (Luxembourg), Seoul museum of Contemporary Arts (Korea), Ujazdowski Castle (Poland), etc. He is the recipient of numerous awards in the field of video & contemporary art including the prestigious SAM Prize for contemporary arts, and collaborated with Jean-Paul Gaultier among others.
His works are in the collections of museums, foundations and private collections all over the world, among private and public commissions. FMAC contemporary art collection in Paris (FMAC), Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation in Germany, Antoine de Galbert collection, Lyon collection of contemporary art, Louis Vuitton collection, Sanofi collection, Hennessy collection, Museum of Annecy, etc.
Anna Abalikhina
Anna Abalikhina is a choreographer, a performer.
She graduated from Moscow Choreographic Lyceum and Rotterdam`s Dance Academy (the Netherlands). Her performance was the winner of the Golden Mask 2015 in the Best Performance / Contemporary Dance category. She is a partaker of international festivals and conferences, a resident of the American Dance Festival. She conducts teaching activities. She actively cooperates with theaters and opera houses as an invited choreographer. She was a curator of the Dance direction in the Platforma Project (Moscow). In 2014, she was one of the judges of the Golden Mask national theater award in the Musical Theater category.
Image: Laurent Pernot and Anna Abalikhina
Opening: Tue 29 September 2015
Performance: October 3,4,7,8, at 19:00
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
9 Tverskoy Boulevard, Moscow