For the press
The art group AES+F (Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky, Vladimir Fridkes) presents a reinterpretation of the old story of Princess Turandot, with the action transferred to 2070 and set in Beijing.
The images of the Princess Turandot fairy tale acquire new meaning due to AES+F’s unique creative method, by which subjects from classical art are retold in an ultramodern socio-cultural context. As true visionaries, AES+F not only reveal the global situation of today’s world, but also predict what we can expect tomorrow.
This ‘tomorrow’ sees Princess Turandot heading a revitalised and multi-ethnic Chinese empire that has grown to gigantic proportions. In uncompromising fashion she has replaced the social system with a techno-matriarchy and enjoys universal adoration bordering on idolatry.
In the surreal phantasmagoria of AES+F our time has become the past, and we can only guess what led Princess Turandot to such radical actions: the MeToo movement, women’s struggle against harassment or trauma that stem from their family history.
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