Homo virtualis project requires the use of mobile augmented reality applications. Format this exhibition-интервенция — artifacts contemporary art invades the space of art of the Ancient world, the middle Ages and the Renaissance

21 Jun — 20 Aug 2017
the Pushkin Museum. A. S. Pushkin
Main building, Moscow, Volkhonka, 12

the Museumification of social media, the new network culture and virtual reality as part of — one of the themes that have long been developing, Andrey Blokhin (1987) and Georgy Kuznetsov (1985), group exhibitions. Simplifying, it can be understood as follows: the work of art has historically been one of the most important carriers of information about the life of past centuries. Many events and life of people from ancient times we know from statues, reliefs, architecture, painting. What archeologists of the future will be able to learn about our time? If you imagine that suddenly disappear all date-центры and local media that will remain in history from today's culture? How our descendants in this scenario, they learn that in the beginning of the XXI century people significant part of his life began in a-то a special environment that is encrypted by the letters F, VR, etc.? Recycle just creates the artifacts, fixing the material symbols of modern media culture. Hence, perhaps, their sculptures logo Facebook art embodiment of selfies and other new media-культурных practices.

Homo Virtualis Project, prepared specifically for Recycle Pushkin, conceived as a cultural quest — game with the audience. In the halls of the permanent exhibition, among the artifacts of the Ancient world, the middle Ages, the Renaissance artists placed 16 of camouflaged objects. Visually they are similar to fragments of ancient sculpture, but is actually made from polyurethane and plastic. Some objects require the viewer to install special apps on your phone as it is executed using augmented reality technology.

the curators of the project have become Homo virtualis Alexandra Danilova (Deputy head of the Department of art of Europe and America XIX–XX centuries, the Pushkin Museum im. A. S. Pushkin) and Pauline Mogilina (gallery "Triumph").

the Recycle Group — winner of the Kandinsky Prize, participant in different years in parallel and the main programmes of the Venice Biennale of contemporary art. Their works have been exhibited in the auction market. The current record was set last year in Krasnodar the MOST auction. Plastic relief, symbolizing the unceasing wheel selfies, the buyer paid $19 875 in the conversion of rubles.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Source: arts-museum.ru

What else to read on the topic on AI:
Recycle Group AES F — at the Venice Biennale;
AI: Project Reverse group Recycle at the Guelman Gallery at Winzavod.