TRAFFIC LIGHT

2013

THURSDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2013 7.30 PM

Manege, Kremlin, Red Square, Moscow

(5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art "More Light")

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Curated by: Catherine de Zegher

Materials: 9 volunteers, 9 suits, 9 iron cages, 24 drum plates, 18 drumsticks

Duration: 1 hour

Patrons: Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Moscow Government

Photo: people of Moscow

Special thanks to: Catherine de Zegher, Nicola Sartori, Valerie Oleynik, Kristina Vronskaya

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9 volunteers are dressed as shamans, with cages on their heads. Attached to the cages are three drum plates, one red, one yellow and one green. The "actors" beat the plates, following the colors of the traffic light between Red Square, the Manege and the Kremlin.