Archival photographs taken on colour film in 1999.
Created for the 50th anniversary celebration of International Children’s Day, 1 June
Installation view, 1999
An attempt to speak a language we all once knew.
An installation in three parts: Children’s Joys, images on the walls made in the manner of children’s drawings; Tired Toys, borrowed toys arranged in groups recalling folklore, literature, mythology and cinema; and a winding path of children’s handprints.
Medusa Gorgon (Медуза Горгона)Mazai’s Granddaughter (Внучка Мазая)Untitled group: a fashion doll with a turtle head and a toy dogThe Hen Laid an Egg (Снесла курочка яичко)Untitled group: a plastic box labelled “Мясомолторг” with baby-doll arms and legsHomer (Гомер)Siamese Koloboks (Сиамские колобки)Mashenka and the Bear (Машенька и Медведь)Clash of the Titans (Борьба титанов)The Golden Fish (Золотая рыбка)Snow White and Her Dwarfs (Белоснежка и её гномы)Circe (Цирцеюшка)The Headless Horseman (Всадник без головы)Untitled group: an axe and two doll headsTotal Recall (Вспомнить всё) and Face/Off (Без лица)
A central lamp, connecting threads and melodies from Cheerful Horses brought the room together.
Exhibition leaflet, 1999Uralsky Rabochy, 25 June 2008. Svetlana Dolganova, “Her Name Is Miss Performance” (Её зовут Мисс Перформанс), column “Persona from the Album.”
