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Incredible Visual Poem by Photography
“Private Moon” is a visual poem, telling a story about a man who found the Moon and stayed with
her for the rest of his life.In the upper world, in the attic of his house...
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Have you ever had someone look at one of your images and start crying? Ever have them smile and say, 'I remember when that happened to me'? Ever have them hug you and say, 'That's exactly what I went through'? True conceptual photography can elicit emotions out of the people viewing it. It can make them feel like a part of the image instead of an observer, stirring up true emotion. Conceptual Photography can touch the very core of what we are and the memories we are made of. This course will bring your thoughts alive, evoking emotion and experiences with your camera. We will show the viewer a piece of ourselves and connect with them and their lives. We open ourselves up without fear, hoping that someone can connect. If the piece is honest, sincere, and well done, it will.
“Private Moon” is a visual poem, telling a story about a man who found the Moon and stayed with her for the rest of his life.In the upper world, in the attic of his house, he saw the Moon which had fallen from the sky. At first she was hiding from the sun in a dark, damp tunnel and was constantly frightened by the passing trains. Then she came to the house of the man.Wrapping the moon in a thick blanket…He gives her autumn apples and drinks tea with her. When she finally recovers he puts her on a boat and carries her across a dark river to a high bank, where moon pine-trees grow.He descends to the lower world wearing the clothes of his deceased father and then returns, illuminating the way with his private moon.Transcending the borders between worlds via narrow bridges, sinking into sleep, taking care of the heavenly body, man turns into a mythological being living in the real world like in a fantastic fairy-tale.
About the Artist :
Leonid Tishkov, a Moscow artist, works in different genres and media including painting, caricature, book arts, poetry, video and performance, developing traditions of absurdism and surrealism in Russian culture.
"[His work] is reminiscent of Kruchenykh’s fantastic philology and his concept of "zaumj" as the manifestation of a spontaneous non-codified language. In that sense, Tishkov can be compared with religious sectarians who in moments of ecstasy speak ‘in tongues’." (Grubisic. "L.Tishkov. Creatures", 1993). Solo exhibitions include "Dabloids and Other Creatures" (Museum of Nonconformist Art, St. Petersburg, 2000), "The Crystal Stomach of the Angel " (Gallery Dzyga, Lvov, Ukraine, 1999), "Creatures: Objects and Video installations" (Contemporary Art Center, Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl Art Museum, Russia, 1999), "Dabloid Theater" (Fargfabriken, Center for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, 1998), "Protodabloids" (Art Media Center "TV gallery", Moscow, 1997), "Creatures" (Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, USA, 1993). His recent videos were shown at the Hamburg FilmFest in 2001 ("The Air Creatures") and at the Bristol Short Film Festival in 2000 ("The Funeral"). Group shows include the Russian National (formerly Lenin) Library, Moscow (1993), the British Library, London (1994), Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington (1997), the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (1999), Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover (1999), the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2000), Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, USA (2001), Queen’s University, Belfast (2003).
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