During the quarantine, 35-year-old artist moved with his family in the Kuban resort town of Goryachiy Klyuch to my parents ‘ house and away from the scene could, in his words, to recreate your character.
“my Wedding is deposited every day on. Life fiancé worse thirty years thirty years the life of a player” – these words of Alexander from a letter to his closest friend and publisher, Pletnev, written on the way to the ancestral village of Boldino, begins instagram series.As the saying goes, history likes repetition – 200 years ago the isolation was as exhausting and infection similarly spared doctors. That’s why the authors of the project decided to put the great poet to the current conditions to see how the experiences of Pushkin coincide with ours.
With the support of the largest Russian provider in mid-April the Director of the Festival of theatre photographs by Eugene Karpunina and head of the project “the Poster of Krasnodar” Elena Boldyreva has begun work on the script and on may 11 in social networks premiered. Now subscribers every day follow the UPS and downs of life of the Russian classics.
– actually, I’m not trying to play the poet, and do the simple things: reading lines of letters and follow approximately the same circumstances that occurred in the biography of Alexander, – tells to the correspondent “RG” Arseniy Vogeli, especially for roles grow thick sideburns. – Actually, it is born of character, the poet, who seeks the beloved: his gripping passion, he wants to meet her, but circumstances are against him. Here in this collision and is born most interesting. I wanted to show that the crisis is not just the accumulation of problems, but the best time for finding something new.
indeed, Alexander thirty years, he famous, but not rich enough. The poet officially engaged to the young beauty Natalia Goncharova, however, the wedding is constantly delayed because the bride’s mother, not wanting to give his daughter without a dowry. Pushkin sent from Moscow to Boldin to take possession of the nearby village allocated to him on the occasion of marriage father. Expected to cope with the chores for the month, however, the mixed trend of the cholera epidemic. In the end, three months of isolation, which became one of the most productive periods of his work. And even received its own name – Boldino autumn. During the chilly rains classic completed the last Chapter of “Eugene Onegin”, wrote “the tales of Belkin” and “Little tragedies”.
Association with the present day is obvious, but that line of correspondence sounded modern and alive, had to adapt.
– first of all, in these private letters no stunning historical facts, artistic techniques and midrange��that they are interesting only to a narrow specialist, – says one of the authors of the project Elena Boldyreva. – Secondly, they are difficult to perceive, without knowing the context of the time. And since the format of the social network is limited, we are told the backstory in the accompanying explanations.
there was one difficulty – how to show a correspondence? Then the writers come up with an idea: “let’s pretend like Pushkin conducts the video blog?” In fact the letter today – those short video and audio messages that we send to each other to be on “live” communication.
– – here is a mark in history, video blogs – too – sure Eugene Carpanini. – Message account of Pushkin: leave a trail of my life, and let it be filled not with sadness and panic because of the coronavirus, and creativity, messages to friends and even descendants. Why not? In addition, under the account of Alexander we often go to the websites of our regional libraries, which these days hold all-Russian action “we Read Pushkin” and leave positive feedback about the reading of the works of the poet. And give a link to the current graduates to find out their reaction. And I remember the opinion of the student who wrote like this: “Interesting to perceive the image of the living Pushkin, than through the “yellow rye of the textbook”.
the Series is filmed using a normal smartphone. It is noteworthy that during the work of the creators of the project have never met in person – all communication took place by videoconference and by phone. And the correspondent of “RG” is also interviewed remotely. And, of course, could not help but ask the question: how do artists survive these months without an audience?
– I don’t miss the theatre, or rather not shout that “no scene can not live”, – says Arseniy Fogilev. Because people can adapt to everything and everywhere to get a dose of positive emotions. Now all the employees of the state theatres receive salaries. Of course, the money it’s hard to live, especially if loans more than wages, but the circumstances are different. And, perhaps, quarantine is given by Providence to a little to stop. So with all the difficulties it is very useful to reappraisal. The theater existed for thousands of years, and believe me, the pandemic didn’t kill him. Now have a unique opportunity – to create pieces in an online format: to rehearse, to produce plays, just for this we must adapt.
the Project will be completed on the sixth of June – the birthday of a classic. The creative group is confident that the plot of “quarantine period” Pushkin’s life will not lose its freshness even after the lifting of restrictions, as the pandemic will continue to agitate the minds for a long time.
Curiously, on the page of the series of Pushkin in the social network actively communicate and argue other writers, experiencing at different times, quarantine and isolation. Accel��thieves are classics with humor, and in some places, and strong language do not disdain. “Alexander, if Boldin will mask, buy me 50 of them! In St. Petersburg will not get it. I would be very grateful!” – writes Gogol.
“Nicolas, come tomorrow to the University administration – responsible Professor Pletnev. Now that you are familiar with the order about remote work and get the backing set: gloves, masks, buckwheat, toilet paper. We care about our teachers!”
And then the remark of the author of the “Decameron” by Giovanni Boccaccio: “do Not forget that the best mask – kiss pretty girls. Don’t waste your time when another such occasion would be!”
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was not only a witness to one of the cholera outbreaks of the nineteenth century, but also an active fighter against disease. After moving to Melikhovo, in the summer of 1892, he volunteered to work with patients.
“Go I can not anywhere, as it is already assigned falernum doctor from the County Council (without salary), he writes of the actress’s Face Mizinova 16 Jul 1892. – Work at me more than at the throat. Touring the villages and factories, and preach there of cholera. Tomorrow the sanitary Congress in Serpukhov. Cholera I despise, but for some reason, obliged to afraid it with others. Of course, about literature and to think once. I’m tired and annoyed as hell. No money, and earn them have neither the time nor the mood… Given me 25 villages, and helper none. One me is not enough, and I play a great fool. Come to us, you’ll have to beat me along with the guys”.
Chekhov often wrote about cholera riots. Physicians who talked about the importance of hygiene, the people of the village shunned, and in some places was perpetrated on them the violence, not wanting to sit in the cholera barracks.
