Author Archives: Marita
Geopolitical Linguistic Confusion
Works on paper, cloth, mixed media and on the wall. Includes several works. Dimensions variable. In a secular revelation of the rich confusion of cultures Babi Badalov has travelled – including the Azerbaijani, Soviet, Russian, British, French, LGBT, asylum seeker, … Continue reading
A Chronicle of Resistance
Series of illustrations with accompanying texts. Prints on paper, 59×42, 2012. Installed in the “Infothek” where visitors of the TKF can relax and read the texts either on the wall or in a folder-booklet of the prints and texts of … Continue reading
The Front of Anarcho-Dolls
The Front of Anarcho-Dolls is a mini protest-rally by a series of dolls that are symbols of resistance against destructive ideologies, human vices and thoughtless actions and neglect by individuals and authorities. The message applies not only to Norway, because … Continue reading
For Marx
Trailer of For Marx, Feature 100 minutes, colour, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital 5.1 Director’s Talk and Q&A at the Screening Venue: Verdensteatret Cinema Time: 7.30pm, 14 Septemeber Director and Scriptwriter: Svetlana Baskova Directors of Photography: Maksim Mosin, Egor Antonov Production Design: … Continue reading
Monstrations’ Banners
Monstrations Banners on the TKF building. WE AREN’T COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS JUST GREAT, REGARDLESS OF THE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE AND DON’T KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT THIS PLACE. “We, simple Siberian artists, woke … Continue reading
Art Activism
Graphic novel, 2013. Eight (double sided) A2 prints, and thirty-one A3 prints on the wall. Art Activism (in comics) is a graphic novel about activist art events in Russia since 2000 composed and illustrated by Alexey Iorsh. The English translation … Continue reading
The Chto Delat? Newspaper Archive
Installation of all covers of the newspaper of the Chto Delat? collective since its inception in 2003. Wall of the Re-reading Room, 2013. The 10th anniversary of the Chto Delat? Workgroup and its newspaper coincided with the idea of installing … Continue reading
Plan of Escape from the Donetsk Region
Graphic prints (B/W) 4,4 m x 4,0 m; series of printed photos (sizes variable); acrylic on wall; 3 helmets with head-lights. Roman Minin’s detailed graphic work and series of photos laments the disappearance of his native Donetsk mining culture. Entering … Continue reading
Flag Washing Machine (Carousel), 2013, Installation
Location: Kurant Gallery, Søndre Tollbodgate 17, 9008 Tromsø Opening on the 14th of September, [time] The installation has a form of rope way on roller skates with the flags of different countries. The flags are spinning in a circle, getting into … Continue reading
Three Chairs
Installation of wooden high-chairs with plastic seats, seat belts and other accessories; windows of the TKF with materials, including clay putty, markers and wood. Three “thrones” facing three windows, tower high off the ground in this witty, pleasurable and practicle … Continue reading