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"elabuga - love is my"

Valerie Ilyich shimanovskiy - radical of elabuzhanin. Here it grew, it graduated from the artistic school (first release). He was the student of the well-known artist (then yet not avant-guardist) Of zinnura Of minnakhmetova. Furthermore, finished the philological department Of the elabuzhskeyeo pedagogical institute. However, after several years of work by teacher it nevertheless preferred stezyu of artist.

 

After service in the army Valerie Ilyich lives in Nijhnekamsk, but connection with The the elabugoy he does not lose, constantly being here first in parents, then in the creative matters. With the group of lower-Kama artists "screen" it repeatedly participated in different exhibitions in the artistic salon of elabuzhskogo museum- preserve. Furthermore, many years ago, when yet not there was artistic salon, but was only showroom on the Kazan', first personal exhibition, which opened the activity of this hall, there was the exhibition of the vanguard skill Of v. shimanovskiy.
Recently it seriously was absorbed in by the new form of contemporary skill, postmoderna confronting on the face, simply elegant game and creative contact (also with the echoes of classical philately) - meyl-artom (mail art). On this form of depictive and post skill with V. shimanovskiy conversed our correspondent a. kuklin.

- Valerie, describe that is mail-art?

- Mail-art - this is the skill of the formulation of post envelopes and postcards. It was conceived in Europe. By the first with this variety of depictive skill began to be occupied avant-guardists in 50-60- e years. To Russia meyl-art arrived years 10-15 ago because of our artist- dissidents, who live and work in the West. For example, this well-known artist, as Kotlyarov, until now, is one of the chief me1l- artists in the world.
It is here important to refine that the work of meyl-arta is not any post envelope or the postcard, which designed the artist or simply amateur, namely that, which traversed mail and contains post dies, inscriptions, gluings. In this sense post workers are the co-authors of the works of meyl-arta. And in this interest.

- A long ago whether of mail-art it did appear in our region? And how it is generally extended in Russia and in the world?

- in our region of mail-art it appeared literally in last year. Therefore, until now opposition meets on the mail. The workers of many post offices simply reject to assume similar letters and postcards, referring to post rules. I specially studied these rules - it is forbidden nowhere, there is nothing such.
Today in the world there exists the order of two thousand me1l- artists, and per year it leaves on the average of 20 thousand post sendings of meyl-arta. Unfortunately, in international mail-art projects Russia cannot be met almost.

- describe about your new in meyl-art project.

- thus far I participated in the project "Alyonka", initiator of which were Ivan zemtsov, artist from Yoshkar-Ola. Several months ago after I learned about the forthcoming celebration of the 1000- anniversary Of elabugi, in me appeared the idea to organize its mail-art project. I decided to make something personal for the city. Is called this project "elabuga - love my".

- how much already in you was assembled works within the framework of this project?

- order of eight. There is work from France from the artist Of denis charmot, very known in the world mail-arta. It, by the way, advanced in the Internet some my works, connected with other projects. Furthermore, me supported artists from Nijhnekamsk - Tatiana Makarov, Anastasiy viktorov. From Yoshkar-Ola - Aleksey klyukin, Ivan zemtsov. Sasha nasekin from Cheboksari - deserved artist Of chuvashii. I sent letters with the explanation of project and the stories about Yelabuge (about that, who here lived, than was famous and beautiful city) to artists from Belgium, Switzerland, France. To Japan I sent postcard to Mark Hammond, it it finished and sent conversely (on the theme Of tsvetayevoy). I think, for the foreign artists - great pleasure to participate in the project from Russia, where tyuere is no meyl-arta as yet actually.

- by what you do plan the total result of your project, dedicated To elabuge?

- 4 he would want to finish this project in the fall of 2007 and to organize exhibition in Yelabuge. I want - and I hope, this will come out - to combine exhibition with the presentation of mail-art of the book about Yelabuge. Author's book. Each page in it will consist of the letter or the postcard, which passed on the mail. Plus to everything some my author's texts against Yelabuge, poems. Everything is very laconic, it is visual and it is gay. The main thing - is gay, with the joke, by humor.
It would wish so that in the project "elabuga - love my" would take part and yelabuzhane. To all, who to me will write, otvechu in the style of meyl-arta. 4, of course, I will foresee, that for those, who will want to participate, in Yelabuge there will be the difficulties with the workers in the post offices. It is here necessary to appear patience and perseverance. But to write me is possible with the address: 423578 Nijhnekamsk, Tatarstan, the rest of chemists, d.e', kV. 25. To shimanovskomu V.I.

- thanks. Successes to you, Valerie Ilyich! We will await your of meyl-art of the exhibition and book.