Silent Sky Project#60

Silent Sky Project#60  July 11th  2014, 13.22 – 13.52 pm, 9 participants, Park Kultury, Moscow, Russia.

Silent Sky Project# 60: Museum of Moscow

 In the inner courtyard of the Museum of Moscow’s Proviantskiye Skladi (or Provisions Storage) building on 2 Zubovsky Boulevard on the Park Kultury Metro, employees of the museum had a conversation with the sky on a temporary stage, which had been built as part of the Biennale for Young Art (26 June 2014 – 10 August 2014).

 The Museum of Moscow is also one of Moscow’s oldest museums and currently is a union of several unique city history museums, including the Archeological Museum, Old English Embassy, and the House on the Embankment. It was formed in 1896, but in 2011 it opened a contemporary exhibitions platform in the 19^th century architectural monument Proviantskiye Skladi building for educational and research purposes as well as for further development. Here the museum organizes exhibitions about Moscow, her history and residents, about contemporary life and art, and about architecture and urbanism. In an inevitable balance with institutions focused on particular themes or eras, this one is attempting to underscore the value of discussing what makes the present.

 Asked about his thoughts after the end of 30 minutes, Alexander Ostrogorsky said, with a smile “While it was on my agenda to do today anyway, laying there, I was able to formulate a complete communications strategy for the museum.” 

Below: The general text about Silent Sky Project#58-59-60 in Moscow, wrtitten by Varvara Degtiarenko
and everything translated in Russian!

Thanks to: Motel Spatie, Claudia Schouten, Varvara Degtiarenko, Anastasia Brintseva, Anastasia Tarasova, Ellen Boersma.

Overview of the Biennale for Young Artists at the courtyard of the museum.

Безмолвное небо № 60: Музей Москвы

Во дворе здания «Провиантские склады», принадлежащего Музею Москвы (Зубовский бульвар, д. 2) на м. Парк Культуры, сотрудники музея «разговаривали с небом» на временной сцене, которая была построена в рамках Биеннале молодого искусства (26 июня – 10 августа 2014 года).

Музей Москвы – один из старейших в Москве, и в настоящее время является объединением нескольких уникальных музеев истории города, в том числе Археологический музей, Старый английский двор, и Дом на набережной. Музей был создан в 1896 году. В 2011 году в доме-памятнике архитектуры 19-го века «Провиантские склады» была открыта современная площадка для выставок, учебных и исследовательских задач, а также для дальнейшего развития и расширения музея. Здесь музей организует выставки о Москве, ее истории и жителях, о современной жизни и искусстве, об архитектуре и градостроительстве. В дополнение к другим филиалам музея работающим по конкретным темам или эпохам, этот филиал пытается подчеркнуть значимость обсуждения и понимания того, что составляет нынешнее время.

Отвечая на наш вопрос о своих мыслях после окончания 30 минут, проведённых лежа на сцене, Александр Острогорский сказал с улыбкой, «Хотя  это и было у меня уже запланировано сделать на сегодня, но, лежа там, я смог сформулировать полностью коммуникационную стратегию для музея”.

Silent Sky in Moscow City Museums

Silent Sky #58-60 in Russia is аn initiative of Rob Sweere and Motel Spatie artist residency in Arnhem, the Netherlands (Claudia Schouten, director, Varvara Degtiarenko, project manager in Russia) with special thanks to Anastasia Brintseva (GosNIIR), Anastasia Tarasova (Garage CCC), Ellen Boersma, Yulia Diomkina (State Historical Museum), Elena Lioubimova (independent art historian and curator), in collaboration with three local city history museums in Moscow: Ostankino Estate Museum, Sokol Neighbourhood Museum, and the Museum of Moscow.

Thanks to Gennadiy Viktorovich Vdovin and Olga Evgenievna Solomodenko of the Ostankino Estate Museum, Galina Dimitrievna Aristova of the Sokol Neighbourhood Museum, and Irina Zhernova, Arseniy Bekeshko and Alexander Ostrogorsky of the Museum of Moscow.

It is Rob Sweere’s first project in Russia and Motel Spatie’s second, after having participated in the Netherlands-Russia year in 2013. Varvara and Motel Spatie began to work together on this project after Varvara’s residency at Motel Spatie, February-April of 2014, when she wrote a new policy plan for the young initiative.

Rob Sweere’s Silent Sky Project# 58-60 focused on collaborating with museums in particular as a continuation of Varvara’s 2013 research project at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design, where she researched the opportunity for these places to reflect on contemporary Russian culture. She demonstrated the possibilities inherent in the practice of creating contemporary “art in context” (social, cultural or urban context) as a way for audiences and communities to encounter past and present life in a new way. It was the first experiment related to this work and for all participants in the action, was a beautiful point of departure for future exploration.

Silent Sky is an artwork for all groups of people connected in some way. For this particular collaboration, Varvara was especially interested to approach Moscow’s museum employees to recognize their role as guardians of culture and those who are tasked with seeing and interpreting the complexity and resilience of history for the present.

Проект Безмолвное небо № 58-60 в московских городских музеях