The Getty Research Institute
USC Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Institute of Modern Russian Culture
September 30, 2005
THE POETRY AND PAINTING OF PAVEL FILONOV
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Program
John E. Bowlt: Introductory remarks
Nicoletta Misler (Universitâ di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Naples, Italy): “Death and the Maiden: The Pictorial Legacy of Pavel Filonov”
John E. Bowlt: Commentary on Filonov's "A Chant of Universal Flowering" (1915).
"A Chant of Universal Flowering"
Photos of the performance.Production of Part One (in Russian) directed by Yuliya Volkhonovych
Video clip of the performance.
Dramatis
Personae
Van’ka Kliuchnik (Ivan-the-Key-Holder) – Oleg Minin
Kniaginia (Princess) – Elena Vassilieva
Staryi kniaz’ (Old Prince) – Christopher Gilman
Istlevshii komandor (Decayed Commander) – Mark Konecny
Staro-nemetskii korol’ (Old-German King) – Adele Di Ruocco
Provokator s proplevannym litsom (Provocateur with Bespitten Face) –
Yuliya Volkhonovych
Zapevalo (Choir Leader) – Tatiana Akishina
Podgolosok (Singalong) – Allison Pultz
Govoritel’ (Speaker) – Tatiana Akishina
Production
Director: Yuliya Volkhonovych
Producer: Oleg Minin
Sound designer: Jay Golden
Visual designer: Matthew Clausen
Visual designer: Geer DuBois
Questions and Answers monitored by Sally Pratt (USC)
Exhibit
curated by Nancy Perloff
Materials relating to Pavel Filonov and Russian Cubo-Futurism from the avant-garde
collections of the Getty Research Institute, the Institute of Modern Russian Culture, and a private collection on display in the Getty Research Library.
