White crows, black sheep. The story in five countries, three theaters

What is common between Russia and Scotland? One of Glasgow"s hidden miracles is the unique theater of kinetic sculpture, created by Edward Bersud in Leningrad in 1989. Having settled in Glasgow in 1996, a mechanical ballet performed by hundreds of wooden characters, an old machinery and changeable shadows fascinated the audience of many European countries and gained a reputation as a magical aesthetic experience. In his book, Alexander Laskin unfolds the story of this wonderful invention, which connects together the unofficial Leningrad of the seventies and modern Edinburgh, Scottish sculptor Tim Stad, Swiss Jean Tengli, Igor Vladimirov, Sergey Yursky and many other bright creative individuals, which are often called “white ravens in Russia , And in Scotland they call black sheep . Alexander Laskin - historian, prose writer, doctor of cultural studies, laureate of literary awards