Painter Vladimir Logutov: «I do not believe in video art, we strongly back from all over the world, on the contrary, I am almost sure that Russia will soon be waiting for the video boom»

Video of the native of Samara, Vladimir Logutov, which, in a literal sense, not to tear the audience, art criticism is often compared to works of classic video art Bill Viola. For the bold experiments with time and space 27-year-old Logutov nominated for all the latest domestic premium in this area: from «Kandinsky» and «Innovation». And in 2006 the artist received a prize from the cinematographers for documentaries «About me» at the Festival of CIS and Baltic countries «Kinoshok».

Logutov But the limelight did not deceive ourselves, and warns of artists, likes video-art: «In addition to the enormous in comparison with traditional forms of art and the impact on the viewer more room for creativity, which provides video-art, authors, working with the material must be extremely careful »

In his view, there is a real danger that the «artist, especially the young, can get in the external, entertainment properties of the material, and will be using new technologies to solve the problem vnehudozhestvennye», in other words, lose the fundamental artistic position. «The complex form of the image can replace the content, lead artist in the jungle, where there is no refund. It is clear that traditional materials such problems less ».

He added that the video art in the sense obschekulturnom bad that you can just press the button and turn off the screen: «The viewer has the right to go to the monitor and shut down your computer, but with the sculpture is done can not be».

In addition, video art is stored «on unstable sources», and there is no guarantee that «in 10-15 years in the past will not escape discs, as have left the tape».

What can prolong the lives of fragile Video Art? «Only the high market price, which will force people to respect the works of art so that they become ... Here is a diamond" Skull "British artist Demiana Hirst ensured long life if only because it's made of diamonds and platinum, but it is not only solid materials but very expensive ».

According to the artist, the opening of an unrecognized genius - a video artist, as happened with the undeservedly neglected painters of the twentieth century, in the future will be impossible: «the chance that after 50 years to find forgotten video masterpiece from our day, virtually none. It is not until we got most of the video experiments, which make our artists in the 80-ies of XX century ».

Logutov explained the purpose, which puts in his work: «In a number of works I have been working with the degree of penetration of the viewer, with the depth of his attention in other - put the experiments in time and space. For example, I wonder how fast the viewer reads the information as it happens mind ».

So, in a series of 2005 «Twilight» He studied the problem of dusky human consciousness: «The aim of the project was to seize the attention of the audience dispersed, which washed the wealth of media, sees through the unique filter». For example, the video-work «park» in this series at first glance it just shows the type of park in Stuttgart and Baroque theater in the twilight on the lake shore. But the longer the gaze, the more discover invisible, but serious discrepancies: reflections in the water, people walked on the shore, sometimes a little late, and sometimes overtake their hosts, some subjects did not cast shadows, and the statues on the roof from time to time come alive.

The artist does not seek to violate the laws of physics, and tries to explore the possibility of human or, more precisely, trying to force the viewer to experience the depth of your attention and look at the world in a new way: «For example, in the" Delete ", which is nominated for the award Kandinsky Three young people jumping in the space at different speeds, someone hangs in the air and someone lands faster. On the one hand, it is time to work with streams, but on the other - there are dramatic subtext: the guys are learning to fly, but nobody wants ».

Logutov explained that primitive images to distract the attention he used in the «scene»: «In this video is shown as an area of a provincial town a group of young people at the beat with a stick guy and bystanders are not notice, go by. On the one hand, zhutkovataya social drama. But if you look, you discover that all parties are moving in a different time. Those who beat back the five-fold, while those who go, move quickly, but also at different speeds. So a sort of separation of time ».

Finally Logutov confessed that he remains actively involved in painting: «I am an academic painter Education: Art School, an institution. Can remember, always drawing. However, now the theme of my work is mainly abstract. Painting has become a kind of meditative process that does not get stuck in illusions video. But, of course, painting only the continuation of formal experimentation with the art, which I do with graphics and video ».

Source: www.rian.ru