The last film in Vidokle's trilogy on Cosmism is a meditation on the museum as the site of resurrection-a central idea for many Cosmist thinkers, scientists and avant-garde artists. Filmed at the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Zoological Museum, The Lenin Library, and the Museum of Revolution, the film looks at museological and archival techniques of collection, restoration and conservation as a means of the material restoration of life, following an essay penned by Nikolai Federov on this subject in the 1880s. The film follows a cast comprised of present-day followers of Federov, several actors, artists and a Pharaoh Hound that playfully enact a resurrection of a mummy, a close examination of Malevich's Black Square, Rodchenko's spatial constructions, taxidermied animals, artifacts of the Russian Revolution, skeletons, and mannequins in tableau vivant-like scenes, in order to create a contemporary visualization of the poetry implicit in Federov's writings.
Directing | Anton Vidokle | Director |
Writing | Anton Vidokle | Writer |
Crew | Ayman Nahle | Cinematography |
Editing | Adam Khalil | Editor |
Editing | Meggie Schneider | Editor |
Sound | Carsten Nicolai | Music Editor |
Writing | Nikolai Fedorov | Story |
Production | Alexandra Timofeeva | Executive Producer |
Directing | Vera Levchenko | Assistant Director |
Production | Tatiana Ochinskaya | Line Producer |
Sound | Éliane Radigue | Music |
Sound | Jochen Jezussek | Sound Mixer |
Editing | Patrik Metzger | Color Grading |
Camera | Vasily Rizhov | Focus Puller |
Camera | Andrey Pogrebnyak | Camera Technician |
Camera | Armen | Dolly Grip |
Lighting | Oleg Nomokonov | Gaffer |
Sound | Viktor Timshin | Sound Engineer |
Sound | Nikita Kobelev | Sound Engineer |
Sound | Aleksey Zorin | Assistant Sound Editor |
Sound | Alexey Tikhonov | Assistant Sound Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Darya Vyatkina | Costume Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Yana Sharaeva | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Mary Nosul | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Omar Kardava | Driver |
Crew | Anselm Franke | Thanks |
Crew | Hito Steyerl | Thanks |
Crew | Aleksandr Sheyn Jr. | Thanks |