Vydavy Sindikat

biography

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.

Since 2008 vydavy sindikat core members Zhenya Plechkina and Misha Sklar had formed a strong colaborative relationship. Now vydavy stands for the relationship between two people.

vydavy sindikat is currently working on several ongoing projects. Including “Left Behind Or My Wife Is Madde Of Salt” public performance and visual diary project and “Teach Your Daughter To Survive In A Rush Hour” a visual diary project continuing along the lines of the “Communiter’s Dreams Project” started in 2008 which was resolved in series of public performances, and presented through a series of instalations at Dumbo Art Festival and Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia.

vydavy has presented it’s work at The 2nd Moscow Biennial and Architectural Venice Biennial as well as has been awarded a Public Art Commition through The Queens Museum of Art with “Spectacle Path” public space installation in Corona Plaza.