Kirill Preobrazhenskiy Explained

Kirill Preobrazhenskiy (born 1970 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is Russian artist, participant of Documenta 12.^[1] Works mainly with video and installations.

With his video and installations Kirill researches theory of media, semiotics and pop-culture and its relation to everyday reality. Being personally interested and involved in social spheres, from techno-culture to contemporary forms of political protests, Kirill addresses abstract ideas as if they were material and can be expressed aesthetically.^[2]

One of the pioneers of video art in Russia.

Biography

From 1990 to 1993 took part in activities of group Van Gogh TV, for example in project Piazza Virtuale,^[3] at Documenta 9 in 1992. Was a part of Out-Governmental Control Commission^[4] Founded label VIDIOT.^[5] Now he is professor of New Media faculty in The Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. Holds Cheremushki apartment gallery.

Selected exhibitions

• 1991 – "He" (with A. Belyaev). School Gallery, Moscow.
• 1992 – "He" (with A. Belyaev). Museum of Paleontology, Moscow.
• 1994 – "JU-87" (with A. Belyaev). Regina Gallery, Moscow.
• 1994 – "Laboratory of frozen subsoil". Free Academy, Moscow
• 1997 – "Platinum century. Fancy-dress party" (with A. Belyaev), Center of contemporary art, Moscow.
• 2001 – "Subject and power. Lyrical voice", Art-Moscow, Moscow.
• 2003 – "Plan №9" (with A.Smirnsky), XL-gallery, Moscow
• 2006 – "Love songs" (with S.Glushkova), Paperworks Gallery, Moscow
• 2006 – "Re-action" (with Radek Community), Play-gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin
• 2002/07/09 – "ISM I, II, III" ("Incredible Strange Museum"), XL-gallery, Moscow; Central House of Artist, Moscow
• 2007 – History of Russian Videoart. Vol.1, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
• 2007 – "Documenta 12", Kassel
• 2007 – Ottobre. Uscita, Desiderio e Memoria, Artra, Milan
• 2008 – Industrial Lies, Dispari & Dispari Project, Reggio Emilia
• 2009 – History of Russian Videoart. Vol.2, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
• 2010 – Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear: About videoart in Russia, Futura, Prague
• 2010 — History of Russian Videoart. Vol.3, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

External links

• Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear
• To make your hands strong…
• Holger Büch's article about work of Kirill Preobrazhenskiy at Documenta
• Festival Territory
• From underground to foreground: the rise of video art in Russia by Antonio Geusa

Notes and References

1. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,488870,00.html Spiegel
2. Web site: Школа Родченко -.
3. Piazzetta Moskau Organisation Web site: Van Gogh TV . 4 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725211838/http://www.crumbweb.org/~sarah/broadcastyourself/?page_id=32 . 25 July 2011 .
4. (Anatoly Osmolovsky, Avdey Ter-Ogan'yan, Oleg Kireev, Kirill Preobrazhensky, Dmitry Pimenov, Dmitry Mudel). Barricade. 1998 [02:20] http://blackduckarts.blogspot.com/2009/03/paricipation-in-cec08.html
5. Web site: Archived copy . 4 January 2011 . 17 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101217140737/http://gogolfest.org.ua/eng/program/visual/videoart/vidiot . dead .