Russia – pustota

a last (re)view

Stefan Nussbaumer — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:42:32 +0000

Piter

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Politics, sleepless nights and other cliches

Stefan Nussbaumer — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:04:20 +0000

Ulica Marata

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Going down, deep and deeper …

Stefan Nussbaumer — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:18:51 +0000

I am here now for nearly a month (by “here” I mean Saint Petersburg, Russia …). Right at that time, when I had the feeling life’s getting back to its usual track I’ve been kidnapped today … Not that I have been lazy – I […]

Piter – take a walk on the wild side of history

Stefan Nussbaumer — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:36:17 +0000

Saint Petersburg nights are long and mild at this time of the year. Two days ago at early morning we decided to make an excursion through the city and its architectural fields of Sovjet industrial history … Saint Petersburg can certainly be called a magnificent […]

Mysterium Vegetatum or how to build an island

Stefan Nussbaumer — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:36:43 +0000

My first week in Russia is over now (not counting the one I spent here in April). Time’s rushing fast and surprising things happening all around. Just last weekend I was to witness a very special performance here at Grysnaya Galereya: Mysterium Vegetatum. Mysterium Vegetatum […]

Welcome again, Russia!

Stefan Nussbaumer — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:38:28 +0000

I’ve made it: After spending 36 hours on the train from I’ve reached my final destination Saint Petersburg. What a joy! After my first flying visit in April this is now the second time I’ve come to this still exotic place. I would like to […]

13-06-2007: VideoTochka at CineX, Lienz

Stefan Nussbaumer — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:38:08 +0000

Today we’re having the first in a series of 3 presentations for Sergey Teterin’s “Videotochka” VideoTochka has originally been founded as a temporary gallery for Russian videoart in Perm, a Russian city about 2.000 km east of Moscow. Differently to other places for contemporary art, […]

Sergey Teterin has arrived

Stefan Nussbaumer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:50:37 +0000

Early this morning my friend, the russian media-artist and curator Sergey Teterin from Perm, Russia has arrived here in Vienna, together with his wife Anja and his daughter Serafima. Sergey has come to Austria again to present his project VideoTochka at the MUSA (“Museum auf […]