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 |
Sound | Alexey Tikhonov | Assistant Sound Editor |
Crew | Ayman Nahle | Cinematography |
Camera | Armen | Dolly Grip |
Sound | Nikita Kobelev | Sound Engineer |
Camera | Vasily Rizhov | Focus Puller |
Sound | Aleksey Zorin | Assistant Sound Editor |
Editing | Meggie Schneider | Editor |
Production | Tatiana Ochinskaya | Line Producer |
Editing | Patrik Metzger | Color Grading |
Costume & Make-Up | Mary Nosul | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Carsten Nicolai | Music Editor |
Crew | Anselm Franke | Thanks |
Sound | Jochen Jezussek | Sound Mixer |
Production | Alexandra Timofeeva | Executive Producer |
Crew | Aleksandr Sheyn Jr. | Thanks |
Editing | Adam Khalil | Editor |
Writing | Nikolai Fedorov | Story |
Directing | Vera Levchenko | Assistant Director |
Sound | Viktor Timshin | Sound Engineer |
Sound | Éliane Radigue | Music |
Lighting | Oleg Nomokonov | Gaffer |
Camera | Andrey Pogrebnyak | Camera Technician |
Costume & Make-Up | Darya Vyatkina | Costume Supervisor |
Crew | Omar Kardava | Driver |
Costume & Make-Up | Yana Sharaeva | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Hito Steyerl | Thanks |