Wonderful Ark, a night of transformations and performance art, was held on February 16 in Minsk as part of the Endorphine festival. This is the festival’s third year. It is being held in association with the Nash Dom (Our Home) art collective.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov Wonderful Ark, a night of transformations and performance art, was held on February 16 in Minsk as part of the Endorphine festival. This is the festival’s third year. It is being held in association with the Nash Dom (Our Home) art collective.
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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov
Wonderful Ark, a night of transformations and performance art, was held on February 16 in Minsk as part of the Endorphine festival. This is the festival’s third year. It is being held in association with the Nash Dom (Our Home) art collective.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Aleksandrov The event brought together some of the best Belarusian and Russian performance art groups, including the Artel KOMEDIantoff from Mogilev, Belarus and Masterskaya 3.14 from St. Petersburg.
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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Aleksandrov
The event brought together some of the best Belarusian and Russian performance art groups, including the Artel KOMEDIantoff from Mogilev, Belarus and Masterskaya 3.14 from St. Petersburg.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov The audience was also treated to music from the group MetaDub, a joint project involving Addis Ababa, Karavan and Saraswati, as well as by the drummers of Batucada and Irdorath, whose instrument of choice is the medieval bagpipes.
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The audience was also treated to music from the group MetaDub, a joint project involving Addis Ababa, Karavan and Saraswati, as well as by the drummers of Batucada and Irdorath, whose instrument of choice is the medieval bagpipes.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov There was also a costume show, photo sessions, body art and exotic music. Audience members were free to participate in the performance art.
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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov
There was also a costume show, photo sessions, body art and exotic music. Audience members were free to participate in the performance art.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov The motto of the event comes from Scottish author Irvine Welsh: “Madness is the best way to uncover genuine, hidden reality.”
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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov
The motto of the event comes from Scottish author Irvine Welsh: “Madness is the best way to uncover genuine, hidden reality.”
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov Artist Kirill Miller from the St. Petersburg-based group Masterskaya 3.14.
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Artist Kirill Miller from the St. Petersburg-based group Masterskaya 3.14.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov The organizers and participants of the event blurred the lines between reality and fantasy.
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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Alexandrov
The organizers and participants of the event blurred the lines between reality and fantasy.