"ICE" video installation, Watermill Center, NY, 2016

ICE 12-channel video installation, total time 60 min "ICE" is a visual experiment at the intersection of film and performance. The project refers to the corporality of the human world, the doctrine of Mikhail Bakhtin, quantum physics and theory of relativity, use carnivalesque forms, pagan mysticism, and medieval fleshliness. The image of an androgyne-looking performer refers to the trilogy "Ice" by Vladimir Sorokin. The production was done in Crimea nudist beaches in the summer 2015. 9 scenes: Feast, Wedding, Pilgrimage to the Black Hole, Market, Sacrifice, King shits his pants, Initiation Ceremony, Amphitheater, Witches' Sabbath. Also 12 "electro landscapes". creators: Nikita Shokhov, Andrey Kachalian, Albina Mokhryakova sound: Konstantin Andzhanovskii performer: Nikita Urievich assistants: Marina Merkulova, Maria Berghain production: Anna Eve, Rentaphoto costume: Ksenia Plisova curator: Noah Khoshbin installation: Chris Green documentation: John Haas The 23rd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction | FADA: House of Madness Watermill Center, NY 2016