AES + F, yes, turns ugliness into something new, not quite beauty, however, through the collaboration of their energies. Collaborative Art that works seems to almost ALWAYS hit the target that all three are going for with a better accuracy, if the process is executed without any dillholes. You! All of you! Find a collaborative art project, a group that will meet regularly to create if you haven't one yet. Be in a band, be in an art threesome, find a co-director. You will know if you are compromising your vision, or if you are compromising the partner (s) ' visions if you are. Find people you work well with, and DO! CREATE! LIBERATE! (this sounds so "Gypsy Interchangeable Leg Jeans" http://www.gypsyjeans.com/ (So funky, so sexy...) but, I mean it, I mean it, I do! Good things involve variety, and I mean quality good, disagree? Well, disagree if you must- but think of a play and an actor monotonously "reading" lines memorized and someone who uses tonal changes, or all those albums that have been released that have 10 versions of 1 song playing.... or... you know what? Anyways! ....
Good example of doing this is the AES + F group, who seems to share my romance with post-apocalypse, though, in a style that just LOOKS russian. Reminds me of a movie I saw at the International Film Festival in Montreal last summer: Morphine. The graphic images are glossed over to make them tolerable, but it has a double effect, because they look glorified. Anyways, if I had to break this feast for eyes into a dichotomy, I would split it into two categories: variations of "Warriors for the Future" and "The Disembowled Who Gave In."
http://www.aes-group.org/default.asp
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ARZAMASOVA, TATIANA
Was born in 1955, graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute (MARCHI) – State Academy in 1978. Lives and works in Moscow.
Was occupied in conceptual architecture. Award winner «Grand-Prix» of a jointly OISTT and UNESCO competition «Theatre of Future». Participated in conceptual architecture exhibitions in London, Paris, Venice.
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EVZOVICH, LEV
Was born in 1958, graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute (MARCHI) – State Academy in 1982. Lives and works in Moscow.
Was occupied in conceptual architecture. The prizewinner of the OISTT competition «The Tour Theatre» in Stockholm. Participated in conceptual architecture exhibitions in Milan, Frankfurt-on-Main, Paris. Worked as art director in animation film (6 films), as director in puppet animation film. Also worked as art director in film.
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SVYATSKY, EVGENY
Was born in 1957, graduated from Moscow University of Printing Arts (department of the book graphic arts) in 1980. Lives and works in Moscow.
Was occupied with book and advertising design, poster and graphic art. Participated in international poster competitions, exhibitions of book illustration and design, graphic art.
Artists united as AES group in 1987. In some projects since 1995 AES group collaborates with photographer Vladimir FRIDKES (AES+F group).
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FRIDKES, VLADIMIR
Born in Moscow in 1956, lives and works in Moscow.
Works as a photographer of fashion. Published in magazines: VOGUE, Harper»s Bazaar, ELLE, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Sunday Times Style and others.
Since 1995 collaborates with AES group.
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