House of Theater and Cinema Artist Dmitry Alekseev Dmitry Alekseev, Nina Golovyatenko

Passing the gallery

A photo: Sergey Morgunov, Ekaterina Morgunov

Text: Svetlana Repina

Decorator: Nina Golovyatenko

Artist-decorator: Dmitry Alekseev

Magazine: N6 (84) 2004

Художник театра и кино ("Ника" за декорации к фильму "Мать Иисуса"), художественный руководитель архитектурной студии и просто свободный художник Dmitry Alekseev десять лет назад задумал невозможное - пожить в своих декорациях. В итоге утверждение классика елизаветинских времен в очередной раз доказано: "Весь мир - театр" "Dima, you are not building a film decoration, but a residential building. It cannot fall or collapse, it must be warm, it must be water and gas ..." - Dmitry Nina's wife was afraid. According to the author of the idea, it was a dream to create a deliberate Tudor style decoration. All addictions were due, of course, to the profession and favorite films. “I had the task to make my home as picturesque as possible, not waiting for time to do it. For example, by folding uneven walls of rubble stone, plant them with ivy at once, age the stones, make them go green,“ allow ”wooden beams to crack. the house turned out to be absolutely functional: there is no unused space in it, and all the beams from solid tree trunks are carriers, "says Dmitry. Indeed, the cracks running along the walls of the beam, only decorate, and old age adds charm. One friend, a well-known Moscow decorator, who was among the first to see this home-decoration, aptly remarked: "It is great that you have turned any defect in the house into effect." In all the hand of the master is felt. It is not surprising that many directors who came to visit Dmitry had a desire to film something there. So it was with the filming of the film "Railway Romance" by Ivan Solovov. In the script, probably the house should have been different, and it could not fit into the fabric of the film. But nevertheless, in the picture the fairy-tale house appears before us in the form of giving the oligarch (!). “It's nice that the oligarch has such taste and artistic flair,” the artist ironically says. The ideal Christmas story turned out to be Vadim Wernick, who produced the video for Valeriy Meladze, who was also shot in this interior. And not only in the interior of the house, but also in the workshop of Dmitry, whose facade is covered with intricate stone carvings. The entourage of the rooms: living room and kitchen on the first floor, study and bedrooms - on the second, evolved gradually. First collected family things, passing from generation to generation. Of course, all antiques are absolutely utilitarian: they sit firmly on chairs and play the piano with pleasure. Subsequently, furniture for the living room was brought from London. Colonial table and armchair arrived from India. At the same time, the situation is constantly changing: a kind of circulation of good old items and new products. "Our house is very light and positive. We dress it up and discharge it like a New Year tree. India is tired - all this India goes to the barn. Something else comes to replace it. We juggle with objects fairly easily. Generally, this is my principle: what more different things are better. The interior is family photos, paintings on the walls, tapestries. And for me, accessories, all sorts of little things, rather than furniture, are more important, "says Dmitry. Every thing here lives its own life, and all together, like in the movies, collectively works and creates a special, unique environment. "I make interiors for travelers and brawlers who know how to" burn "life, and not chained to a certain style or manner of behavior, who are addicted to and who bring life to life with my help."