Useful 'virus'

ночной клуб "Вирус" (Москва) Mikhail Golovciner

Passing the gallery

A photo: Evgeny Luchin

Text: Kirill Baskakov

Architect: Mikhail Golovciner

Magazine: Nya (32) 1999

Several years ago, a multimedia festival was held in the centers of contemporary art in Berlin and Krakow. And to create a project of the exhibition invited the architect Mikhail Golovchiner. It was then that the idea arose of using the possibilities of multimedia in various fields of art. For example, in design. And in particular - in the interior design of the nightclub "Virus" (Smolenskaya Square, 5, "Smolensky Passage"). What happened next? And then the traditional disco bar acoustic range was supplemented with a number of active images (slides, videos, stroboscopic projections). And as a result, the DJ club has become almost a god. Pressing different buttons, he is able in one instant to almost completely change the look of the interior. And there were wonderful opportunities for photo and video artists: they are now showing their works right on the walls of the club. This is where our exciting story ends: it’s better for you to see it at least once ...

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