Nikolai Polissky placed the “sacred herd of mystical horses” in the Yakut village of Vladimirovka. There are more than four dozen horses in it, each with two heads, one "nibbling the grass", the other looking at the sky, although at times the other head also leans towards the grass. The animals are woven from the local willow vines, are treated in a generalized way and look like fabulous push-pulls, and maybe even foxes because of their erect ears. Each has ten thin legs-supports, and the heads are symbolically indicated by the narrowing of the vine bunch. Some heads are covered with colored ribbons instead of vines, which reinforces associations with the Yakut cult and epic.
The horses settled down in a meadow at the edge of the forest, in a landscape that Nikolai Polissky calls space: “At first I decided that some flying saucers could be installed here,” the artist admits. - But after a while I realized that it should be a mythical, not devoid of a futuristic look, a mystical herd. I wanted to combine the traditions and the exciting atmosphere of the place, to emphasize its uniqueness. Best of all - that is, especially cosmic and mythological - the herd looks against the background of the starry sky.
The “Sacred Herd” embodies the national legend about the messengers of the Sun - Kun Dyuguy Aiyy, the organizers said in a statement. 360 people took part in weaving the herd.
