Mamont
Mamont (, Russian for Mammoth) is an international modern art show and avant-garde fashion show held in Minsk, Belarus, since 1995. Competitions, presentations, and exhibitions of avant-garde painting and sculpture are held. Judges traditionally give a master class for young designers. The concept. "Mamont" intends to differ from other fashion shows by portraying clothing as an object of art, and its presentation as a performance. History. Television director Yury Breus first had the idea for the event. It was intended to discover new names and concepts for TV programs, but it quickly received such popularity among young designers  that became an independent event. 2013. In the "nuance" category for the original use of folk motifs in her collection "Zapovet", Evgenia Lukjanova was the winner. In the "neon" category, Olga Kiselevich and Svetlana Ivashina, who were the 2011 winners, received an award for use of optical and light effects. The duo introduced the "Bezdna" collection. The 2011 grand prize winner, the Centre of Fashion and Beauty "Chrustal Nymph" from Gomel, was represented by a team of co-authors with a unique collection "We All Are From… or Made In China". It took first place in the "Knock-out" category  as the most provocative work. The jury liked two bright collections and they received the prize in two categories. Natalis Kostroma-Andreuk received an award in the "Narrative" (unique presentation) category as well as the "Navazhdenie" (unique ideas) category. Alena Yarkevich won in the "Nevidal" (use of innovative technology) category and in "Navorot" (unique combination of color and forms). The grand prize winner of the 2013 festival was Elena Kolyasnikova, a production designer for the Belarusian Drama Theatre. She participates in many modern art exhibitions. Her "Dusha Dospeha" collection was represented at Mamont 2013 and was considered to be well  thought-through, unique and conceptual. The most unusual part is the process of costume-making. The entire collection is made of 100% wool from Stavropol fine-wool sheep. Moreover, Elena used the technique of seamless on-wet felting the same way valenki, wool boots, are made. For five costumes of wool was used which was turned into felt. The elements of the costumes were attached with the help of metal buttons, rivets and decorated with eyelets. This way, the collection was not sewn but constructed, which required four months. Her combination of modern costumes and medieval armor elements made Kolyasnikova  the winner and grand prize holder of the 2013 festival. Between the competition and gala concert there was also a presentation of fashion art films. 24 films were represented; the winner was the Belgian "Show-room" by Guido Verelst. In the evening, "Next", a competition among body artists, took place. The winner was Vyacheslav Baranuk with the project "Old School". The first prize went to Denis Ivanov, who represented four models and the team Beauty Fusion with a dance. Artists Anastasiya Novik and Alena Mazhut presented the project "No-stop" from Molodechno with a male duo; one on roller skates  and the other performing acrobatic parkour tricks. The person of the festival. The graphic figure drawn by artist Alexey Mihajlov became the festival symbol in 2007. Ekaterina Ljubchik became the person of the festival in 2008 and 2011. Categories. There are three creative categories at the festival: avant-garde fashion, body art, and video art. Video art features performances lasting no more than five minutes. Prizes. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 stylized bronze "golden tusk" figures (for the best suit and best collection presentation) and "golden mammoth" figures (for the best combination of all performance elements) were awarded. In 2011  the award of prizes was changed as video art was added as a category. The "golden mammoth" is awarded for the best avant-garde clothes collection, while the two "golden tusk" awards are awarded for the best video art and body art.