WINZAVOD contemporary art center
invites to the «START»

13.09.2012 — 14.10.2012

Cinema for migrants

Project author:

Taisiya Krugovyh

START's artist

Taisiya Krugovih is a well- known person in the art activist movement. That’s the first time she tries herself in a classical gallery space. Her project conceptualizes the concept of multiculturalism in the context of global migration process.

When there are speculations on highest government level about the crisis of the «Unity in diversity» concept, an artist can’t leave aside this problem.

The author analyzes which possible obstacles rise on the path of migrants adaptation in a new society. «I speak one language, but I remain silent on the hundred of others»

How do the linguistic basis of cultures discover rigidity and stability, but at the same time loose their usual geographical shapes? The cinema for migrants is a reflection of the current social situation. Every person who took a step into the dark cinema becomes a "displaced individual «and detects a need to find his own place at first, select a language.

«Dear user, our development team welcomes you in our main menu in order to select the input language, we ask you to occupy your initial position» — the artist begins a performance with these words, immersing us into the world of the «Migrant dictionary, into the reality without embellishment».

In this project Taisiya interprets the concept of multiculturalism in the context of the global migration processes. When on the top it is said about the crisis of the concept of «unity in diversity», the artist does not put aside the issue. The author notices the objective obstacles which arise on the way of adaptation of migrants in a new society. «I speak one language, but I keep silent hundreds of them.»