Sunday, September 5, 2010

Gogolfest 2010

We made it to the opening ceremony of Gogolfest 2010. It was at Independence Square - the largest in Kiev. It was pretty awesome. These are not my videos, but I was there. The performance was created by Jurgen Muller.

From Gogolfest's Website:

The event of the year - the opening of GOGOLFEST with a joint performance of "Multiverse" by Spain's La Fura dels Baus Theatre (Barcelona) and the "Dakh" Theatre. The performance will involve around 100 participants, and is scheduled for live broadcast on one of the Ukrainian television channels.

The "Multiverse" performance (the name can be translated as "multiple universe") aims to demonstrate the unity and diversity of multiple worlds. Among the signature elements of La Fura dels Baus is the "human net", (a net composed of human figures), a wheel, symbolizing the movement of the universe, and a 10-meter manikin, accompanied by a fireworks show. The music for the show was jointly composed by the group "Dakha Brahimi and the composer of La Fura dels Baus.



We were standing about 40 feet from this wheel when it left the ground.


We were standing under the pillar when these started to go off... best seats in the house. (The fireworks ended the opening ceremony).


This was before the fireworks, but not as cool, so I'm putting it last.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Back in Kiev

Back in Kiev... I really like this city. Went to Andreevsky Spusk today.... Spusk means "descent", and Andreevsky is a saint. There is a cobblestone road that leads up a hill (or down it, depending on where you start), and there are all kinds of vendors - selling souvenirs of all kinds - along the way. Very close is the park in this video - - very cool art work. Enjoy.