WHITE ON WHITE
(after Malevich)
Merilyn Fairskye 2016-17
Single-channel HDV, colour, stereo sound.
Duration: 03:50
For installation: 1. Single-channel HDV loop. 2. Two-channel HDV loop.
Loop duration 4.00
In 1918, Kazimir Malevich painted White on White - an off-centre white square angled across a white ground that embodied a sensation of infinity.
In 2015, two women paint a white wall that surrounds a medieval cathedral on the outskirts of Moscow.
In 2005, St Theodore Ushakov was named patron saint of Russian Strategic Aviation (nuclear-armed long-distance bombers).
In 2007, the Russian Department of Defense’s 12th Directorate, responsible for Russia’s nuclear arsenal, was assigned St. Seraphim of Sarov as a patron saint.
"Let My Prayer Come True” performed by Blagovest A Cappella, conducted by Lev Pankratov.
