August 1 - October 31, 2006 / Silence Part Two (A Surface Excavation): Alla Girik & Oksana Shatalova’s Memory is Immobility.

“Until I die there will be sounds. And they will continue following my death.” — John Cage (from Silence, read the full text here).

What is silence if it is not the absence of sound? 312 presents a new two-part series—Silence (A Surface Excavation). In part two, two artists living in Rudny, Kazakhstan explore physical, or kinetic, silence. In the video, an elderly couple vacationing in Estonia poses perfectly still next to a series of public monuments, waiting for a photograph to be taken. The couple’s stillness mimics the monument’s—each sculpture remains silent.

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ABOUT SILENCE (A SURFACE EXCAVATION)
Silence is a two-part series of three artist videos. The series is a brief exploration of silence, from reflection to stillness, through the works of Carola Cintrón-Moscoso & Alejandro Quinteros (live & work in San Juan, Puerto Rico) and Alla Girik & Oksana Shatalova (live and work in Rudny, Kazakhstan).