DIY-art exhibition "Technoart. Open Source Art"

On November 9, on Wednesday, the “Electromuseum in Rostokino” of the Exhibition Halls of Moscow Association opens after a repair break and begins the season with a large overview exhibition dedicated to the ideas and technologies of DIY art.

"DIY" ("Do it yourself") is an area of art that emerged in the 20th century and has only become widespread today. The DIY movement brings together artists, engineers, programmers and exists at the junction between the "artistic" and "applied" aspects of creativity. DIY arises as a reaction to the increasingly technologically sophisticated world and the closeness of technical systems.The unique exhibition "Technoart. Open Source Art" covers various areas of Russian DIY art and represents more than twenty comments communication final and interactive objects, audio and robotic installations, following the principle of "open source" or "open design". All submitted works were invented, designed and implemented by the authors themselves.

Alexey Shulgin, curator of the Electromuseum: “We can’t imagine our existence without technology - more and more complicated, more and more seductive - but at the same time we understand less and less how it works. Smart technology does a lot for us, and as a result, we lose the skills that we had before: correctly write, count, draw, sew, photograph, navigate in the city, memorize information, manual (and mental) labor skills. Computers and robots massively replace people in many industries. The hardware and software created by corporations for profit, created using proprietary technologies, gradually begin to control us at all levels of life. As a reaction to the described processes, counter initiatives and movements develop (Hacking, Open source software, Open source electronics), which enable the individual to express himself as a modern artist working with software code, electronic, mechanical and acoustic components. ”

Participants of the exhibition: Papa Srapa, :: vtol ::, Sergey Filatov, Oleg Makarov, Vasily Yolshin, Boris Shershenkov, Anastasia Alyokhina, Max Kalmykov, Danya Vasilyev, Vladimir Demin, Anna Tolkacheva, PROTOTIP group, RnD / MSK /, Natalya Sheremetova, Ilya Derzaev, Nikolai Smirnov, Vasily Klenov, Alisa Smorodina and others.

The exhibition opening program on November 9 (beginning at 19:00):

The performance is from the legendary designer of electronic musical instruments, famous sound artist and composer Eduard Srapionov aka Papa Srapa (Rostov-on-Don). Guests will be able to see and hear an exclusive sound object, as well as get acquainted with a veteran of experimental music, famous for his live performances on hand-assembled analog synthesizers.

Presentation of a multi-channel audio installation, inspired by the works of literature and music, from Alexander Senko - sound artist, musician, sound engineer, creator of the laboratory of electronic and electro-acoustic music “Acoustic Images”. Guests can learn about Alexander’s developments in the Pure Data software environment, most of which are based on various types of spectral transformations. The installation will be presented in the Gallery of Sound Art SA operating in the Electromuseum)) _ gallery.

Exhibition curators: Oleg Makarov, Alexey Shulgin
Curator SA)) _ gallery: Sergey Kasich

The electric museum has become even closer! The new route is just a 10-minute walk from the Rostokino MCC station!

“Technoart. Open Source Art”
Dates: November 10 - December 11, 2016
Tuesday - sunday 11:00 - 20:00
Monday - day off
Vernissage: November 9 at 19:00, admission is free

Venue: "Electromuseum in Rostokino"
(Rostokinskaya St., 1, metro VDNH, MCC "Rostokino")