Part I: The New Lyricism or Nostalgia for Grand Style | <<<
"Nestlings of the Sea" is a plot-less comic strip, based on
documentaries shot at Soviet amateur film studios in the 1970s. Made by
drawing directly on 35mm film, the video is Kozakov's belated contribution
to SotsArt, continuing the tradition of an ironic interpretation of Soviet
culture. Many of the tricks that he uses reference the "parallel
cinema"* movement from the 80s. The aggressive "fight for peace"
which the artist depicts is only the surface layer of the work. Its real
agenda is to reveal the total absurdity of anything offered as official
ideology.
*Soviet alternative cinema