Group “Soap”
Figure Skating on Soap
Performance, video documentation
MPEG Pal DVD, 00:12:00
Skating on soap is a budget version of figure skating. To stay unharmed while traveling at fast speeds on soap, one must spin – performing precision actions no less complex then those defining traditional figure skating. “Soap” demonstrates necessity is the mother of invention.
The group was founded in 2007 by Semen Motolyanets and Dmitry Petuhov.
S. Motolyanets graduated from Saint-Petersburg State Art Academy A.L. Shtiglic, specialization «Monumental painting». D.Petuhov graduated from Saint-Petersburg Theatre Academy, specialization «Production designer».
Awards
2009 Nominee, All-Russian Contemporary Visual Art Competition INNOVATION, «New Generation»
2011 Grant. The PRO ARTE Foundation. Installation in Museum of Hygiene
2012 Grant. Residence ART-Kommunalka, Kolomna, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Selected Exhibitions
2012 “Rejection”. Anna Nova Art Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2012 “State of things”. Residence ART-Kommunalka, Kolomna, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2011 “Nordic Art Today”. Loft Project Etagi, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2011 “Contemporary Art in Traditional Museum”. The PRO ARTE Foundation, Museum of Hygiene, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2011 “Russian Povera”. Milan, Italy
2011 Media Night “Parents and Children”. The Anna Akhmatova Museum at The Fountain House, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2011 “Housing Question”. Modernariat Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2010 The 1st Ural Indastrial Biennial of Contemporary Art. Performance “Workweek”. Special programm. Factory URALMASH. Yekaterinburg, Russia
2010 Installation “Amber room”. Museum “PERMM”. Perm, Russia
2010 “Gold fro People”. Samara Art-Center. Performance “Figure skating”. Samara, Russia
2010 Festival “Zhivaya PERM”. “Hydroponics” exhibition of Young Artists from Saint-Petersburg. Installation “Amder room”. Perm, Russia
2010 Installation “Happiness is the way between work and home”. The Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art “Erarta”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2010 Exhibition of Nominees for the All-Russian Contemporary Visual Art Competition INNOVATION. Performance “Figure skating on the soap”. Moscow Exhibition Hall NCCA, Moscow, Russia
2010 “Penetration” V GALLERY. Object “Ablution”. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2010 “Chinese Pavillion”. Borey Gallery. Object “Olympic Gold”. Saint-Petersburg, Russia 2009 “HOME, SWEET HOME”. Exhibition Hall. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2009 “Gold for people”. Russian Pavillion in International Biennale “Dialogues”. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2009 “Museum Project”. LUDA Gallery. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2008 Performance “Sopa Monument”. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2008 “Eluding Russian Literature. Soap Pieces”. Gallery”10 x 15″, Saint-Petersburg, Russia