Sidorov Alexander Mikhailovich

Videoteket/Gallery Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden
Institute of Art Technologies, Moscow
Concordia University 'Video Artcourse', Montreal, Canada
Helsingin Elokuvapaja, Helsinki, Finland
Coronado Films, Valence, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / VIDEO SCREENINGS
1990 'Wind' (video film, together with S. Zheglo, O. Ziangirova). Videoteket/Gallery Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden
1993 'F.R.U.I.T.S.' (audiovisual project). LAVA Association. Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1990 Videofestival. Palace of Culture MELZ, Moscow
'KNOGJARN-90'. The University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
1991-92 'White River' (series of exhibitions and actions). Petrovsky Boulevard, Moscow
1992 'Zero Arcana.' Central House of Artists, Moscow
1993 'The Creativity of Happy Dreams.' Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
'In Search of the Third Reality' (blitz-forum). Institute of Art Technology, Moscow
'Premiere manifestation de video et Art electronique de Montreal.' Montreal, Canada
1994 'Daily Routine.' Central House of Artists, Moscow
'Border Zones of Art' (project 'Ptuch-Zone'). Festival of Contemporary Art. Art Museum, Sochi
'Reincarnation.' Gallery 'A-3', Moscow
1995 'Operation 'Shpuren'.' Central House of Artists, Moscow
1997 'Surrealism at the Service of the Revolution. New Documents.' Gallery 'A-3', Moscow
1997 'FOKOM-97.' Festival-exhibition of new visual culture. Central House of Artists, Moscow
PERFORMANCES
1990 'Wind.' Yasenevo, Moscow
1991 'Transparent Fixer', Moscow
1993 Series of performances within the project 'Aqua Vita'. Odessa
VIDEOGRAPHY
1990 'Wind' (together with S. Zheglo, O. Ziangirova)
1991 'Transparent Fixer 1'
1993 'Transparent Fixer 2'
1994 '3 Actions'
'Mozart Pseudo Computer'
'F.R.U.I.T.S. Language'
1995 Mixs volumes 1-7
ACTIONS
1998 'Bock'. VAX Museum Louis Tussaud's, Copenhagen, Denmark
'Aquarium'. Danmarks Akvarium, Strandvejen, Charlottenlund, Denmark
'Rusalkа'. Lystbadehavn, Copenhagen, Denmark

From one-off actions and capturing the surrounding psychic reality to a systematic exploration and actualization of phenomena and processes that are byproducts of the activities of laboratories, editorial offices, studios, and other organizations serving the cultural needs of society.

Alexander Sidorov works in close contact with the Noart Movement—a music and art postmodernist movement whose leaders are the Moscow musicians Alexei Borisov and Pavel Zhagun, forming the group F.R.U.I.T.S. Alexander Sidorov accompanies the synthesis of noise, electroacoustic music, and industrial sounds with an artistic video project in which he widely uses random effects from various materials and techniques, reminiscent of the experiments of Max Ernst and other representatives of surrealism. The imagery he creates parallels the issues of ambient music of the early 90s. Derived from the psychedelia of the 60s, it is based on formal automatic video and mixer effects. However, the focus of his work, as in the works of the musicians he collaborates with, is not on form creation or testing technical possibilities, but on creating an enveloping environment that immerses the viewer into a meditative-contemplative state, enhancing perceptive abilities. Sidorov declares the aesthetic value of mixing diverse video and film material, united by the principle of an endless rhythmic visual sequence. He also works willingly with archival and documentary material, enriching its semantic structure and expanding interpretive possibilities through transformation and addition. In 'City of Heroes' (1995), the builders of Magnitka perform something like a 'dance of death', interspersed with shots depicting models of utopian cities. The video project 'F.R.U.I.T.S. language' (1993-95), co-authored with A. Borisov and P. Zhagun, uses various objects—foil, colored reflectors—which, through computer editing, are transformed into motifs of a chemical-culinary process reflecting the truly improvisational structure of the audio and video sequences.
T. Mogilevskaya