Citizens of the cosmos. Russian cosmism in the films of Anton Vidokle

Anton Vidox, an artist and publisher of the influential E-Flux magazine, has been developing a comprehensive project dedicated to Russian cosmism over a number of years. The core of the project are Vidox films. The exhibition dedicated to them in the new Tretyakov Gallery, which is supervised by Kirill Svetlyakov, served as the reason for the creation of this book. But in addition to the films "Space" activity of the artist, it includes publishing, educational and organizational initiatives in the direction of collective development of cosmism in the territory of contemporary art. As a result, a circle of researchers, philosophers and artists was formed, who share interest in the work of Vidox and/or Russian cosmism in the context of modern philosophy and art. From the texts of these people, a collection is compiled, which you are holding in your hands. Among the authors are Boris Groys, Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Keti Chukhrov, Anastasia Gachev, Arseny Zhilyaev, etc. In the collection, the collection includes transcript of discussions of Vidox films that will be shown at the Moscow exhibition, collection of personnel from them, as well as" arrow time " - illustrated chronicle of Russian cosmism and the events of Russian and world history of the late XVIII - early XXI centuries.
Editor-compiler Nikolay Smirnov