Fossils Of An Apocalypse

Saturday, March 1, 2014

ews Fossils Of An Apocalypse (NAPSA)}Fossils of an Apocalypse, presented by Archival Magazine, features Grisha Bruskin as he shares his thoughts on his Hhour project. “When we win,it’s with small things, and the triumphitself makes us small. What is extraordinary and eternal does not want to be bent by us,” quotes Bruskin from the poem The Man Watching by German poet Rainer MariaRilke. For Grisha Bruskin, the enemy image runs throughout human nature and humanhistory. Bruskin began his project, H- hour, for the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM)}) to explore the meaning of the enemy archetype within the humanrace in a state of emergency. Bruskin was born in Moscow in 1945 and grew up during the Cold War. Hhour depicts fossillike objects rep- resenting remains of catastrophic events like war and natural disas- ter inspired by Sovietcivil defense posters. However, the enemy archetype penetrates human con- ditions far beyond theartist's per- sonal memoirs as the viewer encounters crashing planes and female suicide bombers in the H- hour space. The exhibition traveled from MAMMto the American Univer- sity Museum in D.C. for the Win- ter Exhibitions of 2013 and was shown with a short film by Archival Magazine called Aqua Sicca. Now with commentaries by theartist, Fossils ofan Apocalypse shows Bruskin’s insights into hero-enemyrelations throughout humanhistory. Archival Magazine focuses on the social sciences of visual and performingarts, political and eco- nomic theory, and anthropology. The new multimedia publication produces feature-length films, documentary series, and written content. Visit www.archivalmaga zine.com to learn more.

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