Czech Television's 1998-2000 documentaries map Russian underground art from 1960s-1990s
Between 1998 and 2000, Tomas Glanc, a professor at Charles University, teamed up with director Petr Slavík to create two documentaries for Czech Television: "Notes from the Underground" and "The Heroes of Our Time." These films examined Soviet unofficial culture spanning from the 1960s to the 1990s. Although Slavík initially questioned the depth of the underground scene beyond Vysotsky and the Taganka Theatre, Glanc provided a more extensive perspective. The first documentary showcased individuals such as Vsevolod Nekrasov and Andrei Monastyrskii, while the second featured Dmitri Prigov and Vladimir Sorokin. Notably absent were elements like Petersburg scenes, music, theater, and female artists. The series received the Ewald Schorm Prize but does not have a marketable version, and upcoming projects on Russian culture are expected to encounter funding difficulties.
Key facts
- Tomas Glanc created two documentaries for Czech Television from 1998 to 2000.
- The films cover Russian underground art from the 1960s to the 1990s.
- Director Petr Slavík initially thought only Vladimir Vysotsky represented Soviet underground culture.
- Each documentary was limited to seven main authors due to television constraints.
- The first part featured figures like Il´ia Kabakov and the Lianozovo School.
- A second part was made after TV management approved the initial film.
- Omissions include Petersburg scenes, music, theater, and female artists.
- The series won the Ewald Schorm Prize at the Jihlava documentary festival.
Entities
Artists
- Tomas Glanc
- Jana Klenhova
- Petr Slavík
- Jurii Liubimov
- Vladimir Vysotsky
- Vsevolod Nekrasov
- O. Rabin
- I. Kholin
- G. Sapgir
- Andrei Monastyrskii
- Il´ia Kabakov
- Andrei Jerofeev
- L. Nusberg
- E. Bulatov
- L. Sokov
- Viktor Miziano
- Igor Makarevich
- Michail Aizenberg
- Lev Rubinshtein
- Sergei Gandlevski
- Timur Kibirov
- Gennadii Ajgi
- Jurii Mamleev
- Nikolai Sheptulin
- Dmitri Prigov
- Konstantin Zvezdochotov
- Vladimir Sorokin
- Pavel Pepperstein
- Viktor Pivovarov
- Oleg Kulik
- Alexander Brener
- Avdej Ter-Oganian
- Anatoly Osmolovski
- Alexander Shaburov
- Stratanovskyi
- Krivulin
- Zhdanov
- Parshchikov
- Fanailova
- Petrova
- Iankilevski
- Shteinberg
- Masterkova
- Potapova
- Kisina
- Khlebnikova
- Konstantinova
- Klimova
- Bruskin
- Neizvestnyi
- Komar
- Melamid
- Leonid Sokov
- Alexander Kosolapov
- Vitalyi Komar
- Vagrich Bakhchanian
- Alexander Ocheretianskyi
- Afrika
- Timur Novikov
Institutions
- Charles University
- Czech Television
- Czech embassy in Moscow
- Taganka Theatre
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Khudozhestvennyi zhurnal (Art Magazine)
- Collective Actions
- Lichnoe delo (Private Matter) almanac
- Mesto pechati (the place of stamp or of printing) journal
- Post-communist Condition project
- Ewald Schorm Prize
- Jihlava documentary film festival
- Chernovik journal
Locations
- Prague
- Czech Republic
- Moscow
- Russia
- USSR
- Central-Europe
- New York
- USA
- Israel
- Berlin
- Germany
- Karlsruhe
- Jihlava
- Gruzinskaya Square
- Luzhkov
- Petersburg