The State Russian Museum / The Marble Palace Mechanical Ballet. Video Art at the Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum
The title of the series of video exhibitions refers to the short film of the same name by the famous French artist Fernand Leger "The Mechanical Ballet" (Ballet mécanique), shot in 1924. This "dance of machines", put together by means of rhythm and editing, has had a huge impact on the development of avant-garde cinema and animation.
The series opens with the exhibition "Space Sonata" (a video version with a living actor) by an outstanding inventor and artist, creator of experimental films, founder of the legendary Prometheus Design Bureau Bulat Galeyev.
Bulat Galeyev, together with the Prometheus team, started doing experimental work in the 1960s. Prometheus is famous for creating complex lighting systems, video installations, light and music films. The "Space Sonata", shot in 1981 on a 35-millimeter black-and-white film and colored afterward, presents the visualization of a composition by pioneers of Soviet electronic music, Alexander Nemtin and Stanislav Kreichi.
In the "Space Sonata", the choreography of abstract composition elements is synchronized with electronic sounds, creating a film-dance. In 1986, a video version was made with actor G. Lisitsyn. The film is provided by the B. Galeyev Prometheus Foundation for the Support of Audiovisual and Technological Art.
The next exhibitions of the series will feature animated films by the artists of the School of Art Engineers and the New Composers group; a new video work by Tatyana Akhmetgalieva; experiments by one of the pioneers of Russian media art, Olga Tobreluts; a video work by Alexander Shishkin-Khokusay with plywood characters operating in the post-apocalyptic landscape of computer games; and an animated opera fairy-tale by Lera Nibiru.
The exhibitions will be accompanied by meetings with artists and musical performances.
Age limit: 12+
Opening on November 18 at 16:00.
Series Program
18.11.2019 – 24.11.2019: Bulat Galeyev. Space Sonata. 1986. Music by A. Nemtin, B. Kreychi. Provided by the B. Galeyev Prometheus Foundation for the Support of Audiovisual and Technological Art.
25.11.2019 – 01.12.2019: Tatiana Akhmetgalieva. Day Full of Hope. 2018. Sound by V. Mazin.
02.12.2019 – 08.12.2019: School "Engineers of Arts". Models and Constructions. 1986. Amor's Arrow. Music by Sergei Kuryokhin. 1993
09.12.2019 – 15.12.2019: New Composers (Valery Alakhov and Igor Verichev). 1987–1996. I Go Rhythm (1987–1989). By Car (1988).
16.12.2019 – 22.12.2019: Alexander Shishkin-Khokusai. New Versailles. 2016.
23.12.2019 – 29.12.2019: Olga Tobreluts. Series of short experimental films
30.12.2019 – 13.01.2019: Lera Nibiru. Kromkhel's journey to the seventh sky. 2018. Music by N. Sudnik
. 1766-1768.jpg "For the Glory of Russia. Entrepreneurs and Patrons in Russia in the 18th – Early 20th Centuries")
For the Glory of Russia. Entrepreneurs and Patrons in Russia in the 18th – Early 20th Centuries
6 June—5 August 2024
Merchants, the “third estate”, at that time, were the basis of Russia’s economic power. The Stroganovs, the Demidovs and other entrepreneurs sometimes established entire “empires” with their own settlements, roads and internal regulations. The richest merchants became nobles and patrons of the arts. The exhibition is unique, both in the themes it explores and in the works it presents.
Masterpieces from Taganrog Rescued at the Russian Museum
24 April—13 May 2024
In July 2023, an explosion in the city centre of Taganrog damaged several artworks at the Golden Names of the Silver Age exhibition in the Taganrog Art Museum. The Russian Museum offered immediate support with the restoration of 22 art pieces. During the restoration, which lasted over 6 months, the staff of the Russian Museum not only eliminated the mechanical damage that the art objects had received at the time of the explosion, but also completely restored all 22 masterpieces, revealing their original appearance and artistic concept.
- 21 March—8 July 2024 > St Michael’s Castle Drawings and Watercolours by the Wanderers
- 15 March—13 May 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Mstislav Farmakovsky. 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.
