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The Journey of a Mischievous Boy is an Indian fairy tale by writer Vasamurti about a little boy named Gopi who shrunk to the size of an ant and spent a day in the world of insects. Soviet artist and sculptor Vadim Sidur created illustrations for this fairy tale in 1968. His animated image is the symbol of artist Anna Titova's research project, which is based on rethinking the exhibition areas of the existing Vadim Sidur Museum, a branch of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Before the work took shape as a permanent exhibition, Anna spent several years studying the artist's personal archive and reconstructing lost sculptures. As a result, a large-scale exhibition of the same name was launched on two floors of the museum.
The guiding principle behind the Sidur Museum is the desire to create a public space that is accessible and open to visitors with different interests and needs. This is confirmed by the ‘Mother and Child Module’ located in the museum director's office. According to Anna's idea, one room combines incompatible functions, which creates a basis for reflection on a new understanding of the labour process. The object is based on Vadim Sidur's sculpture ‘Motherhood’ (1968).
The exhibition on the first floor reflects the chronology of Anna's own engagement with Vadim Sidur's works and her personal study of the unmanifested meanings in the artist's work. The space here is divided into three main areas: the archive, the round pavilion (‘white cube’) and the artist's ‘studio’. The logic of the sequence of rooms is emphasised by light, with changes in brightness. From the light-filled public area, visitors enter the subdued archive area. Further on, the brightness gradually increases, leading guests to the white pavilion, which glows from within and is covered in textured shadows in the evening.
The second floor is the result of collaboration with proactive communities of residents in the Perovo and Novogireevo districts: MamasUp and Perovo Architectural. The space is intended for temporary exhibitions and events.
