A series of video instructions. Do it like… a Triennial artist

A journey through the Triennial can be continued even after the exhibition has finished—by watching our series of video instructions Do it like… a Triennial artist. Each issue tells the story behind one work on view at the show, encouraging to create an original piece based on its motives.

Do it like… Sasha Svirsky

Sasha Svirsky is an animator and director of animation films. On display at the exhibition is his video installation My Galactic Double—Galaction, which tells the story of the protagonist and his double’s space journey.

Garage guide Anton Dvortsovoy will explain Sasha Svirsky’s piece in detail, while educator Maria Piskunova will demonstrate how to create an animation story with your own hands using the stop motion technique.

Do it like… Sanya Kantarovsky

Sanya Kantarovsky is an American artist and curator of Russian origin. The Triennial featured his black and white monotypes, which Sanya dedicated to his grandmother, whom he parted from after moving to the United States.

Garage exhibition guide Evgeniya Bereza will speak about Sanya’s monotypes, while pedagogue Viktoria Scherbenko will introduce this technique and teach you how to create your own monotypic prints.

Do it like… Krasil Makar

Krasil Makar is an anonymous folk artist who makes works in the almost forgotten technique of traditional Ural-Siberian mural painting. The core of this technique, otherwise called razbel, or whitewashing, involves dipping the brush in both whitewash and paint of a different color to create beautiful patterns in the form of cucumbers, pills, and berries. For the Triennial, Makar has “whitewashed” a roaming mobile.

Garage guide Evgeniya Bereza will introduce you to the history of the razbel technique, while educator Irina Svetlichnaya will show you how to implement it.

Do it like… Shamil Ahmed

Shamil Ahmed is a young artist from Dagestan who prepared his ceremonial self-portrait on a carpet especially for the Triennial, delegating the embroidering process to female Dagestani weavers.

Anton Dvortsovoy, a guide at Garage, will explain why an artist does not necessarily execute works with their own hands, while pedagogue Anna Bunina will show how to depict oneself on fabric (please note that you will need adult help).