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30th-Dec-1995 02:37 pm - Absolute Love Sect:. Mirror Sickness

Mirror Sickness - Moscow Kremlin, Kutafia Bashnia


The End of the World
(aka The End of the World is Postponed)
The Absolute Love Sect invites journalists and all who is interested to see the “End of the World” performance at TV Gallery.
The audience and journalists come. The members of the group make graffiti on the gallery’s wall “The end of the world is postponed”.
After this the group spread the same graffiti with the Absolute Love Sect logo allover Moscow.
The avanguardists wildly roared near Kashtchenko’s Hospital - 1995, Igor Stomahin

Series of Useful Performances
These performances are made in the tradition of Timur/Anti-Timur behiviour (Timur is a kind of a boy-scout). The members of ALS make everythng that seems to be a duty of an every member of the communist society, what was teh purpose of teh Timur's band.
However if one takes a close look on the details of their actons one can see that these actions are absurd or opposite to what is traditionaly counted as "useful for the society" or at least something that represents an Absolute Love of Anything and Anyone (creature or idea). These actions were made spontaneaously as a part of the everyday life - exactly like Timur.
1. Cultural Crop
Absolute Love Sect palts seeds of Silybum marianum in the Prak of Culture, Moscow. The artists desingn the planting in a special way, so when the plants grow words like "Culture, Revolution, Art" to appear in the park.
2. Painting the Morgue
A LS paints the morgue.
3. Cleaning the Graveyard
A LS cleans the graveyard.
4. A Life Sacrificed for a Cat
A LS rescues a cat from a dangerous situation with a risk of their life.
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