Evgeny Granilshchikov
Evgeny Granilshchikov (born June 23, 1985, in Moscow) is a Russian artist and independent film director. He currently lives and works in Moscow. Granilshchikov's works include video and sound art, photography, installation, and independent cinema. His projects explore questions of his own generation as well as themes of personal and political frustrations. Biography. Granilshchikov graduated from the Lyceum of Animation Cinematography (2004), the Moscow Institute of Journalism and Literature, Department of Journalism and Photography (2009), and the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia where he studied at Igor Mukhin's studio in 2010–2013. In 2013–2015 Granilshchikov  received a scholarship from the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. Description of films. "A direct point of view, medium-shot, but more often a long shot, the interspersing of long and short episodes, an uneven rhythm," describes Granilshchikov himself. "In this film, there is no classical narrative, as if it has been assembled from chance scenes which have no unambiguous links between them. We never find out where the characters are going, what their aims are, but we see how an implicit feeling of alarm is hidden behind all their simple actions and movements." Career. "Bohemia" (2009–2011) and "Insomnia" (2011 ) photo series are the first two projects completed by Granilshchikov. His thesis became a three-channel film "Positions." It depicts personal and political search of three Muscovites. For this work, Granilshchikov won the Kandinsky Prize for "New Artist. Project of the Year" in 2013. In 2013–2014 artist's works were on display at the cycle of shows "High Hopes", organized by the Museum of Screen Culture Manege | MediaArtLab. In 2014, Granilshchikov's film "Courbet's Funeral" was screened at the 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, The film also appeared at the Kino Der Kunst festival in Munich  It was named as one of the best artworks of year 2014 by "aroundart.org". The film was shot using a smartphone and comprised found videos, both documentary and production footage. In 2015, "Unfinished Film" (2015) was screened during the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, where it won the OPEN FRAME AWARD. The film was also shortlisted in the New Generation" cateogrof the Innovation Prize-2014, the 10th all-Russian competition in contemporary art. Together with the short video "Untitled (reenactment)", works "Courbet's Funeral" and "Unfinished Film" form a trilogy that, according  toGranilshchikov, can be interpreted as "a reenactment of the everyday life of the noughties." In 2015, Granilshchikov filmed "To Follow Her Advice" in Thailand It appeared at the 6th Moscow Biennale . In 2016, the Multimedia Art Museum (Moscow) organized a solo show for Granilshchikov, "Untitled (after defeats)/ It" presented his polaroid series "Untitled (accidental shots)", videos "Munich" (2015), "Empire" (2016), and "Ghost" movie (2016). This exhibition entered the finals of the Kandinsky Prize in the category "Project of the Year." In 2016, "War (untitled)", first screened as part of the show "One Within The Other. Art of New and Old  Media in the Age of High-speed Internet" in the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, It was shortlisted in nomination "New Generation" of the Innovation Prize 2015. Granilshchikov was represented on the inaugural Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, organized by Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. His work appeared in the "Common Language" section, which featured "artists who work with the internationally spoken language of contemporary art in no need for translation."