Program

It is traditionally believed that in the history of cinema there were few actual surrealist films, and they were all filmed in the 1920s. But conversations about the surreal in the cinema of subsequent times have not ceased to this day. Film and animation historians reflect on historical film surrealism and surrealism in cinema after surrealism.

Today - just like a hundred years ago, when the surrealist movement arose - in the artistic world there are current trends towards a fascination with the unconscious, an increase in the role of imagination and various “fruits of fantasy” - only now often created using new technical means, unknown in the 1920s. Media-dramatic events in (a) reality provoke interest in parallel dimensions and paranormality, and events in the “public spectacle” force the creation of increasingly impressive, exciting, “lush” and historical statements. The situation in the modern artistic process and the reincarnation of surrealist strategies will be discussed by artists, curators and art historians.

Technological capabilities, horizontal connections, 24/7 communication and the need to do everything at once: our age gives a lot, but also demands a lot in return. We will meet with artists, curators and gallerists to discuss the signs of the times and their impact on contemporary art.

Classics of surreal cinema with comments from the curators of the “Screen Arts” direction, accompanied by electroacoustic music from the artists of the “Sound Art and Sound Design” direction of the Higher School of Economics Georgy Ibragimov and Alexander Malevich.