Warsaw to NY - June 1+2

The flight from Warsaw to NY lasted longer than planed, after being delayed for 6 hours its was canceled. We were rescheduled to fly the next day to Newark but in business class ;).

After picking up the luggage and changing tickets and lots of waiting, we ended up in the same hotel.  The next day once we got on our plane back it was very pleasant and we could not wait to get home.

Almost home!

Packing - June 30

After being away from home for 5 weeks it was exiting to pack in order to get back and also sad to leave Russia, since we got used to being here. We met lots of warm people and created great memories. Best of all it was an adventure we shared together, Lila and David.

The first leg of our flight from Moscow to Warsaw went smoothly. Our next flight was leaving the next morning so we headed to a hotel right at the airport.

Last Full Day - June 29

In the morning we went shopping for souvenirs while in the evening we went for a visit to friends, and when we returned home we had a great time looking through old family photographs. It was a nice relaxing day and great way to close our adventure.

My beautiful Mommy.

Contemporary Art - June 28

Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art,  houses several "big" Moscow contemporary art galleries, but it being summer some were closed for installation and some just closed. There are also boutiques, art supply store and design firms. We were a bit disappointed in the amount of galleries and shows for the city this size, and how commercial they are with contempt for average viewer. Which would explain the amount of ephemeral work made outside the "scene" with little documentation, such as art collective Voina.

Afterward we visited the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, the part 2 of 40 years of German video art was on view, Record Again!.  About fourty works displayed on eight monitors, each playing several works one after another full length. By walking around we were able to see most of the works at least briefly.

The last show we saw, that was pretty good, was at the second main space of MMOMA located at Ermolavsky Pereulok titled "Expanded Cinema, Part 1", explores the differences and connections between video art and cinematography, included Russian (Elena Kovylina, Promyza) and western video artist (Gary Hill, Doug Aitken, other).

In the evening we enjoyed Plov (Pilaf) that my aunt made by a traditional Kazakh recipe.

Novodevichy Cemetery - June 27