The jubilee "Archstoyanie" was held under the theme "Laziness", and all the participants interpreted this concept in their own way - in art objects, performances and music. The festival this year had to be held a month later than usual, and yet the organizers managed to gather 6,000 guests at its site and bring everything that was conceived to life.
Archstoyania's curator Anton Kochurkin commented on this year's theme as follows: “Laziness is a contradictory phenomenon in culture. Laziness overtakes us everywhere, influencing the design of furniture and gadgets, music and politics, behavior. Laziness of choice leads to repetition, to stamps. This is a protection from the unknown and at the same time a call for new exploits."
Traditionally, several new art objects appeared on the territory of the park for the festival. In addition, temporary installations and performances, lectures and excursions were prepared, as well as a rich musical program - one could dance and relax on lazy sound fields and "listen" to an invisible forest orchestra.
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zooming 1/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 2/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 3/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 4/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 5/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 6/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 7/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 8/8 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
Below are the objects that have added to the collection of Nikola-Lenivets.
House-mezzanine. Alexey Luka
The lazy house of street artist Alexei Luka, leaning on the edge of a ravine, is assembled from old doors, pallets, platbands and other artifacts found in neighboring villages. Now the house is closed, and later it is planned to be supplemented with furniture and provided to guests of the park for rent.
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zooming 1/6 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 2/6 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Evgeniya Gorobets
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zooming 3/6 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Ivan Vetrov
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zooming 4/6 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 5/6 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Svetlana Sukhova
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zooming 6/6 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Ivan Vetrov
Alcove. Ivan Gorshkov
The gazebo, inhabited by mysterious creatures, despite its apparent external lightness, is a weighty metal object, a cross between architecture and sculpture. She looks strange and at the same time alluring. It will be difficult for a tired traveler to refuse a halt in such a place, and halt and laziness, according to the author, are closely related concepts.
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zooming 1/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 2/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Maxim Chernyshev
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zooming 3/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Ivan Vetrov
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zooming 4/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Svetlana Sukhova
Red forest. Igor Shelkovsky
Finally, the artist Igor Shelkovsky became the headliner of the festival. With the support of the AZ Museum, he created his first large art object - a noticeable and memorable structure of wooden beams randomly placed along a 30-meter bridge. The "forest" painted in bright red is one of the few colored objects in Nikola-Lenivets.
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zooming 1/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 2/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
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zooming 3/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Evgeniya Gorobets
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zooming 4/4 Festival "Archstoyanie" 2020, art-park Nikola-Lenivets Photo © Rustam Shagimordanov
You can learn more about the festival on its website. There is also information about the planned virtual tour of the Archstoyania site for those who could not visit there in person.
