Fiction Talks #6

Nikita Kadan

Other projects
In the wistful tapestry of time, there emerged a project known as “Happy Victory Day, Mr. Müller!” In the year 1995, on a day bathed in the memory of the Eastern Front’s World War II finale, Berlin saw a remarkable learn more
In the wistful tapestry of time, there emerged a project known as “Happy Victory Day, Mr. Müller!” In the year 1995, on a day bathed in the memory of the Eastern Front’s World War II finale, Berlin saw a remarkable spectacle unfold. A total of 5500 Müllers, bearers of that quintessentially German surname, received a learn more

Happy Victory Day, Mr. Muller, 1995

Masoch Fund
In 2001, the Gdańsk-based artist collective CUKT (Centralny Urząd Kultury Technicznej, or Central Bureau of Technical Culture) – including Rafał Ewertowski, Robert Michał Jurkowski, Jacek Niegoda, Maciej Sienkiewicz, and Piotr Wyrzykowski – launched an unconventional campaign for a fictional presidential learn more
In 2001, the Gdańsk-based artist collective CUKT (Centralny Urząd Kultury Technicznej, or Central Bureau of Technical Culture) – including Rafał Ewertowski, Robert Michał Jurkowski, Jacek Niegoda, Maciej Sienkiewicz, and Piotr Wyrzykowski – launched an unconventional campaign for a fictional presidential candidate, Wiktoria Cukt. Operating as a “virtual personality,” Wiktoria had no intrinsic views and was learn more

Wiktoria Cukt: A Virtual Presidential Candidate (2001)

C.U.K.T.
The film features Anna Baumgart, who, using the found footage strategy, becomes the heroine of the famous Soviet film “The Cranes Are Flying” by Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957. The artist, using film technology, inserts her own face instead of the face learn more
The film features Anna Baumgart, who, using the found footage strategy, becomes the heroine of the famous Soviet film “The Cranes Are Flying” by Mikhail Kalatozov, 1957. The artist, using film technology, inserts her own face instead of the face of the main character Veronica, played by Tatiana Samoilova. The 3-minute 28-second video captures the learn more

Prawdziwe? Lecą żurawie / Is it real? Cranes are flying

Anna Baumgart