vydavy sindikat, Brooklyn based group experiment
1995-present, Brooklyn, New York.
vydavy sindikat began with they launched a monthly publication (with 100
subscribers) and series of site-specific performances.
vydavy in Russian literally translates to “you and you”. Paired with
sindikat, the name is loosely translated as “you collective.” In 2000 vydavy
sindikat developed a larger format publication involving more people.
Influenced by Russian 20th century avant-garde poets and artists
(Kruchenykh, Harms, Burluk, Rodchenko, Popova, and Hlebnikov to name a
few) vydavy sindikat’s approach to art making is strongly linked to the tradition
of DADA. Their contribution to Magazinnik literary magazine has been
reviewed in the New York Times and their publications were shown in an
exhibition entitled “18 x 24” at the Courthouse Gallery at Anthology Film
Archives. In recent years, vydavy sindikat had participated in architectural
competitions. Most notably, they received Honorable Mention for their
proposal to the Friends of the High Line, entitled “3P Unit, Park Prison and
Pool”(2002) and a Jury Selection Prize for the “Groen Hoek: The East River
Community Boathouse Competition” exhibited at the Center for Architecture of
the American Institute of Architects (2003). In 2004 vydavy sindikat initiated
the Public Gathering Project in an attempt to sum up the concept of group
identity.
vydavy sindikat is currently working on several ongoing projects.
vydavy continues to show their work
in exhibitions like the d.u.m.b.o. art under the bridge festival (2005, 2004), “Float”
at Socrates Sculpture Park (2005), “Slow Revolution” at the Rotunda Gallery
(2006), “Computing the social” at the LMak Projects and they are currently exhibit
their work at the “Future Nomad” show at the Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia.
