Moscow. Sergey Kasich is the first recipient of the
joint “Garage/BMW : Art/Tech Grant” program by BMW Group Russia and
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art which was announced this Tuesday.
The grant program is aimed at supporting individual and collective art
projects in the field of IT, engineering and science art. Over the
period of one year year, Sergey Kasich will receive a monthly
scholarship and will be able to implement his art project “Spaces
of Silence”. The artist will also be able to consult with BMW
designers and engineers on the realization of his project and visit
BMW Headquarters, BMW Museum, BMW Welt and other relevant locations.
Sergey Kasich’s project “Spaces of Silence”
Every year, the acoustic environment of modern cities is becoming
noisier. A number of countries already have legislation in place to
protect the sense of hearing of its population, but these standards
are not always met. It is scientifically proven that overabundance of
auditory stimuli can adversely affect the mental and even physical
health of living beings. Similar to programs that protect urban
architecture, Sergey Kasich proposes to preserve silence with the help
of a hybrid public art project that combines modern parametric
architecture, digital design, sound art, experimental acoustics as
well as work with urban data and research in the field of materials.
The project involves measuring the noise level in a city, zoning of
noise environments, the detection of relatively quiet areas of open
space and the creation of special structures in selected locations
made of noise-absorbing screens equipped with echo surfaces on the
inside. The design is set to solve a contradictory task: creating a
space protected from the noise inside and outside, while leaving it as
open as possible. Places of silence are preserved and become even
quieter, creating unique environments for the visitor to experience
sound in unexpected ways.
Stefan Teuchert, President of BMW Group Russia, said about the
partnership: “With BMW at the forefront of technological
innovation and digital leadership when it comes to its core business,
Garage is a natural partner when it comes to exploring art and
technology. For the past fifty years, BMW has been involved in
hundreds of cultural initiatives worldwide. Both Garage and BMW are
now putting their heads, know-how and networks together to create
meaningful platforms for contemporary art in the future. As a cultured
brand, we believe in empowering innovation and aesthetics, creating
unique and immersive experiences in everything we do. BMW’s long-term
partnership with Garage, thus, creates a strong bond with one of the
great international hubs for the arts of today and tomorrow.”
BMW Group’s partnership with Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
BMW Group Russia and the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art have
launched their long-term cooperation in 2017. With this partnership,
the BMW Group aims at making art and culture more accessible and, in
particular, supporting contemporary art in Russia.
Recognizing the need for institutional support of culture and art in
Russia, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art founded the first grant
program for emerging artists in 2012. This program is still the only
one of its kind in the country. Recipients of the grant work in
various areas of contemporary art: video art, photography,
performance, painting, street art.
BMW Group Russia concentrates its efforts mainly on the recently
included Art and Technology section, which supports emerging artists
and artist groups working with information and engineering
technologies as well as in the field of science art. Offering emerging
artists a period of financial independence, the Art/Tech Grant allows
them to become more deeply engaged in creative activities, to grow
professionally and to conduct research. The recipient will also be
invited to take part in BMW Group’s and Garage’s activities and will
have the opportunity to travel to Munich together with the curator of
the program to visit well-known museums, including the BMW Museum.
The cooperation of both parties extends beyond the grant program. The
BMW Group has amongst others supported the exhibition “Under the
Radiation Falls”, presenting the work of Takashi Murakami, and the
PERFORM film festival in 2017. In addition to that, BMW Group Russia
has launched the children’s educational project BMW Junior Campus on
the Arts Square in front of the museum. Young visitors of the Museum
and the Gorky Park can learn about safe and responsible behavior on
the road in short, entertaining workshops.
About Serge
y
Kasich
Sergey Kasich (b. 1984) is an interdisciplinary artist, designer of
interactive installations, curator and musician. He graduated from the
psychology department of Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov
(2006). Initiator (2014) and curator of the Moscow gallery of sound
art SA)) gallery and Moscow Studio of experimental sound and
multimedia technology SA)) studio. In 2015, he was a member of the
international jury of Prix Ars Electronica (Austria); in the same
year, he supervised Russian Sound Art Showcase — the program of
projects of Russian sound artists at the festival Ars Electronica 2015
(Linz, Austria). The artist’s works were presented at numerous
exhibitions and festivals in Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Russia and Japan.
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
Founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich, Garage is the
first philanthropic institution in Russia to create a comprehensive
public mandate for contemporary art. Providing opportunities for
dialogue as well as the production of new work and ideas, the Museum’s
extensive program of exhibitions, events, education, research and
publishing reflects current developments in Russian and international
culture. Central to these activities is the Museum’s collection, which
is the only public archive in the country related to the development
of Russian contemporary art from the 1950s to the present.
The organization was initially housed in (and received its name from)
the renowned Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow, originally designed by
Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov. On June 12, 2015, Garage
welcomed visitors to its first permanent home. Designed by OMA, this
is a groundbreaking preservation project that has transformed the
famous Vremena Goda (lit.: seasons of the year) Soviet Modernist
restaurant built in 1968 in Gorky Park into a contemporary museum.
The Iris Foundation was founded in 2008 by Daria Zhukova and is a
non-profit organisation dedicated to promote the understanding and
development of contemporary culture. The Iris Foundation supports all
activities of the Garage in Russia and all over the world.
For further questions please contact:
Dr Thomas Girst
BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs
Head of Cultural Engagement
Telephone:
+49-89-382-24753
Email: presse@bmw.de
Ilya Baryshev
BMW Group Russia
E-Mail: Ilya.Baryshev@bmw.com
About BMW Group’s Cultural Commitment
For almost 50 years now, the BMW Group has initiated and engaged in
over 100 cultural cooperations worldwide. The company places the main
focus of its long-term commitment on contemporary and modern art,
classical music and jazz as well as architecture and design. In 1972,
three large-scale paintings were created by the artist Gerhard Richter
specifically for the foyer of the BMW Group’s Munich headquarters.
Since then, artists such as Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Daniel Barenboim,
Jonas Kaufmann and architect Zaha Hadid have co-operated with BMW.
Currently, female artist Cao Fei from China and American John
Baldessari are creating the next two vehicles for the BMW Art Car
Collection. Besides co-initiatives, such as BMW Tate Live, the BMW Art
Journey and the “Opera for All” concerts in Berlin, Munich and London,
the company also partners with leading museums and art fairs as well
as orchestras and opera houses around the world. The BMW Group takes
absolute creative freedom in all its cultural activities – as this
initiative is as essential for producing groundbreaking artistic work
as it is for major innovations in a successful business. In Russia,
for more than 10 years, the BMW Group has supported the Bolshoi
Theatre and selected cultural initiatives.
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