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.
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