Transfixed by Meridians of Darkness: Frantsisko Infante and Nonna Goriunova
Journal: Зборник Матице српске за славистику
Year: 2021

The authors comment on the genesis and evolution of the Artefact, an artistic concept and object developed by Moscow artists Frantsisko Infante and Nonna Goriunova. Divided into three sections, the article treats of basic concepts which inspire the artists to create their Artefacts, especially snow as an esthetic force and a natural ambience in which the artists install, photograph and then demolish the Artefacts (snow being a metaphor for absence or "nothing"), the notion of infinity vs. the fa