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Sergey Provorov, Myznikova Galina

Vechnost

Vidéo | hdv | couleur | 41:0 | Russie | 2012

In the system of culture, eternity is perceived as something transcendental and which is beyond human understanding. Circumstances, that devour life, and beings, that are doomed to live, are metaphorically brought together in the ?Eternity?project. A metaphor of Eternity is a little girl who mentally withstands and resists destructive force and always wins a victory over it. This is the Eternity of an absolute and timeless being. The little girl finds herself in a number of deadly circumstances, it gradually turns into existential cycle, her ?life appears to be Eternity, and her death appears to be only an instant?.

The artists work in various genres of contemporary art: video art, experimental films, photography installations and opera theater. Their works were presented at the 51st Venice Biennale, Kunstfilm Biennale (Museum Ludwig, Cologne), Hors Pistes (Centre Pompidou, Paris), Biennial of Moving Images (Saint-Gervais, Geneva) and other notable events. Over twenty films of the art group participated in international festivals and were awarded with: Tiger Award for Short Film (38th International Film Festival Rotterdam), Gran Premio (25th Asolo International Art Film Festival), Best Experimental Film (15th Chilean International Short Film Festival). In 2010 the ?Inspiration? film was a part of ?Orizzonti? program at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and in 2012 the ?Eternity? is invited by Roma International Film Festival to competition program ?Cinema XXI?. ?Three String Quartets For One Video? was a Grand Prix winner of the Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Awards.