Quantitative Infinity of the Objective, 2019
sculptural installation by Oleksandr Kutovyi
mixed media installation,
perfomance, sound
The work ‘Quantitative Infinity of the Objective’ transforms the gallery space into a gym where the exercise machines appear in non-standardized shapes and sizes losing utlitiy through these trans- formations. The audio component announces a series of authoritative clichés used in institutional and private spaces. Removed from their familiar context the obsessive and traumatic aspect of the language is amplified revealing crippling communicative models loaded with passive aggression. Resilience to this intergenerational use of language is in question here as the performers circulate through the space exhibiting anxiety, doubt and finally the perfecting of their skills. The experi- ence of the piece provokes a reflection on a possibility of detaching, healing and resisting current social patterns.
Tatiana Kochubinska
Text: Ilmira Bolotyan, Kristina Chernyavskaya
Sound design: Denis Dronov, Alexander Khokhlov, Night Production Studio
Japanese audio production: Sumi Hayashi, Ulyana Raikova, Haruka Shibata, Shiro Yamamoto Japanese sound recording: Ryota Fujiguchi
Voices: IT | Luca Albertone, Giuseppe Amaddeo, Giulia Gelmi, Katya Klygina, Antonella Mantovani, Giuseppe Pocobelli, UA | Emma Charles, Theo Jefferies, Joe Krapek, Lyudmila Lyakhevich, Taus Makhacheva, Chris Obermeyer, Alexander Ptashnik, Lena Shamrina, Zoya Schmitt, Mikhail Spivakovsky, Denis Torchilevsky, Leo Trotsenko, JP | Seiichi Igarashi, Yusuke Kitagawa, Yuko Nishiyama, Tetsu Ogawa, Yuko Suzuki, Yuka Funamoto
Choreography: Anatoly Sachivko
Performers: Mizutori Sports Club | Moeko Hisaoka, Kota Fujii, Sae Numata, Karin Sakuma, Kentaro Sugimoto, Hirotaka Sugino, Apache Crew | Maria Boyko, Max Kotsky, Galyna Pekha, Alexander Ptaschnik, Alina Ryzhkova, Anatoly Sachivko, Vlad Yalenko
Costume design: Panika Derevya
Seamstress: Anastasia Markova
Costume production: Anzhelika Baryshnikova, Panika Derevya, Olga Mishchenko
Illustrator: Sarolta Szanto
Installation production: Maxim Lokhanko, Maxim Nosov, Igor Pastukh
Video documentation: Angel Angelov, Shinya Aoyama, Ivan Erofeev
Production: Kristina Chernyavskaya, Eriko Kimura, Miyon Hibino, Elena Torop, Leo Trotsenko Research: Kristina Chernyavskaya, Andrey Efits, Sumi Hayashi, Chris Obermeyer, Medeya Margoshvili, Haruka Shibata, Zoya Schmitt, Kseniya Skorytchenko, Leo Trotsenko
Translation: Roberto Bigolin, Sumi Hayashi, Aki Hoashi, Ben McGarr, Ulyana Raikova, Yaroslava Strikha, Yuko Suzuki
Fabrication: Super Factory
Installing (Illustration): Gen Kurihara, Yasuto Nozawa
Shipping and installing (machines): Shinwa Shipping Co., Ltd
Shipping supervision: Junko Uchiyama
Special thanks to Tatyana Kochubinska
Commissioned by Pinchuk Art Centre (2019), production supported by Pinchuk Art Centre and Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale (2020)
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Pinchuk Art Center (2019), Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale (2020)
Performance documentation:
full https://vimeo.com/355307869/68fb8e6e25
excerpt https://vimeo.com/367008671/9e645fb8c9
Audio:
ENG https://vimeo.com/911486619/4a9ad9d16e?share=copy
Photo: Maksim Belousov, Keita OTSUKA, Alex Piliugin Illustration: Sarolta Szanto
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