[Berkeley, CA]

Moscow Conceptualism: New Translations from the Russian
November 22, 2019, 1:30 pm
at Geballe Room, Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall

A spate of new translations is bringing the writers and artists of Moscow Conceptualism to an English-language readership for the first time. Even as they drew on currents in western art, the Moscow Conceptualists (1970s-1980s) were distinguished by a singular focus on the Soviet experience, from the legacies of the avant-garde to the official culture of the Era of Stagnation. Serving as an ironic commentary on the entire arc of Soviet history, Moscow Conceptualism continues to exert a powerful influence on performance art in Putin’s Russia.

Moderators & lecturers include Matvei Yankelevich, Ainsley Morse, Brian Droitcour, Christina Schwarz, Lyn Hejinian, and others, with discussions/readings from Nekrasov, Monastyrski, Prigov, and Rubinstein.

Facebook event here.