The Age of Freedom

DVR Movement

2021
In storage

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About the work

DVR Movement’s book The Age of Freedom is described by the group as “a catechism and guide to housebuilding from the Age of the Khaganate, compiled before DVR left for the village of Gornovodnoe in the north of the Primorye Region.” It was conceived as a “manifesto on a new form of collectiveness, joint life, and artistic creation, but as it was being written it took on the form of a grimoire about dreams and death, the sea and the taiga, delicate connections and the endless feast of the Ussurians.”

The book comprises ten unbound sheets in mounts. The text of the book is handwritten and illustrated using photographs and collages by DVR Movement participants made from various materials. The pages are kept in a beaded, velvet‑covered case.

The book was created as part of the Garage Library project Single Copy.

About the group

  • DVR Movement

    Year of foundation: 2016
    Linked items on the RAAN site

    DVR Movement is an artist group founded in Vladivostok. Its membership has changed over time. The abbreviation can be interpreted in various ways: Dal’nevostochnye razluchnitsy (Far Eastern Love Rivals), Dal’nevostochnaya Respublika (Far Eastern Republic, a state structure that was a buffer between Soviet Russia and Japan from 1920 to 1922), Dochki veruyushchikh roditelei (Daughters of Religious Parents), and so on. The group was awarded the Innovation Prize in the nomination New Generation (2020).

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