December 17, 1994
city of Kiev, theater rehearsal hall
Institute. Karpenko-Karogo

"Rehearsal" / action
I. Konovalov, A. Varvarov

The obvious purpose of the exhibition - action of Igor Konovalova and Anatoly Varvarova - to carry out the gesture opposite art appropriations other-worldly art of the phenomena, traditional from times of Marseilles Dushamps. For last years in space of galleries and showrooms according to conceptual need(requirement) of fur-trees, saw, cut pigs etc. Made it with various successes, but in general (common) similar practice were actual and interesting. However crisis elite forms of art puts a question | about revision of the widespread positions; and tactics. In this case art (is more true, event of the action (share)) is born (taken out) for limits of the territory intended for him and becomes intrigue object. In itself the exit from habitual exposition conditions may not seem novelty. Important that authors of "Rehearsal" model direct dialogue of art and "non-artists", showing thus refusal of elitism and privileges. However, there is it without a pressure of the revolutionary manifest - in the soft form of rehearsal and an atmosphere not simulates, and only interpreted classics. A place of the action became Dan's a class. Theatrical institutes where under constantly repeating fragments of classical music the ballerina rehearses. Its actions keep gravity and no presents. Here hang the pictures repeating still lives of 17 centuries, only in the turned kind also are placed. The spectator is offered to observe transformation of " a dead nature " in "dancing", in harmonious recurrence choreographic exercise. The space of an exhibition and space of educational rehearsal are visually united, synthetics supplement each other the Event gets final sense at the presence of spectators as the interlacing modest and exhibitis may be held only at the moment of supervision.

Xenia Militinskya
for magazine "Terra incognito"#5