“Sobyanin, Baby, C’mon!”
On December 13, 2012 we shared a year's worth of projects at the Vostochnaya Gallery in Moscow. The exhibition, called "Sobyanin, Baby Come on," contains a variety of art research and urban interventions that we performed throughout the year. The exhibition runs till 13th of January at 10 Pushkarev Pereulok.
On November 27, 2011 we launched our website dedicated to urban re-planning. Soon after, we participated as observers at the parliamentary elections, carried posters at meetings, printed bulletins with ideas of self-organization, painted crosswalks and made benches, organized discussions at the Abai statue and more. This year, beginning in early December, was perhaps the most incredible in our lives. We developed and shared the term partizaning which, as it turns out, is not only relevant for Russia (but has taken on a special revolutionary nature here). Working individually and in diverse spheres—activism and urbanism, sociology and geography, contemporary art and street art—we have sought to create a new field for interdisciplinary dialogue; one that is open to everyone. We are artists, researchers, and citizens; we work for you, the people, the inhabitants of cities, for humanity. Our goal is to create a new society, where the boundaries between public and private, rich and poor, art and non-art, the author and the audience, professional and personal life will repeatedly be called into question. We favor self-organization, the local economy, a society based on respect for the views of all minorities. We choose a variety of forms of appropriation of the language of the people who took away our right to the city, space, movement and most importantly our relationship, friendship, love and trust. Let critics say that it has been, and politicians say that this is not serious and leftists say it is not radical enough for them. We believe that the repeated exchange of ideas and roles, acting strategically and just enjoying the process, without anticipation of power, money or fame, can achieve a lot. Sobyanin is Moscow's new mayor and on the one hand is a member of United Russia and has been blamed as one who made possible mass falsification during recent elections. On the other hand he started a program promoting public transport, cyclification, and better public transport. He is known for repaving pedestrian passes using brick instead of asphalt.
Residency![]()
Political context![]() ![]()
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DIY-workshops![]() ![]() ![]()
Interventions![]() ![]() For the last couple of years we have also been making DIY-cycling maps, signs and markings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Sports![]() The only sport-artifact at the exhibition is this trash-basketball-bin.
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