Russian videoart

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"New Stupids" (Vladimir Kozin, Vadim Flyagin). Male & Female

"New Stupids" (Vladimir Kozin, Vadim Flyagin). Male & Female, 2001, VHS, 45 sec

Each performance of the New Stupids is an aphoristic utterance about how everything is really made. The notion that in the humble urban lunatic there is always a touch of the sacred madman, suggests a strategy which the artists make use of to address significant topics employing modest means. On first viewing it may appear to some that this video is a critique of gender roles, when in fact it functions as an ironic warning not to depend on stereotypes.

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