Timur Novikov: Zero Object (2014)

5.7/10 • 95 min • Documentary

Overview

Timur Novikov: Zero Object positions the late artist Timur Novikov as protagonist in this exploration of underground art from St Petersburg. As well as providing a historical overview of the 1980s-1990s, the film features iconic figures in St Petersburg’s underground scene: cult rocker Victor Tsoi, and artists Georgy Guryanov, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe and Sergey ‘Africa’ Bugaev, among others. From beginning to end, it’s a manifesto for personal and artistic freedom in a forbidding political climate.

Cast

Timur Novikov

Self (archive footage)

Georgi Guryanov

Self (archive footage)

Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Bugayev

Self (archive footage)

Viktor Tsoi

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Kuryokhin

Self (archive footage)

Andrey Krisanov

Yuri Kasparyan

Igor Tikhomirov

Joanna Stingray

Self

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