Color Plates

No.3. Musical graphics by a 10-year-old schoolboy; music by M. Musorgsky: Intermezzo. The exact double drawing of the swift melodic lines draws a simultaneous portrait of the instrumental piece by the Russian composer . The drawing also accurately portrays the "color" differentiations distinguishing the accompaniment from the other music components. (See article by Irina Vanechkina.) No.1. Arturs Rinkis, stills from the lightmusical film Elpa, 1987. This work is a visual version of the musical piece of the same name by Estonian composer Sven Grunberg. No.2. Arturs Rinkis, Sea, kinetic painting, 24 x 58 em, 1982. The artist created the sky from painted cloth and the waves from pasteboard. The clouds rise and grow upward from the horizon; the waves are rolled by counter-revolving cylinders. The distant clouds and waves move more slowly than the nearer ones, which creates a realistic effect. COLOR PLATE B No.1. Alexander Lavrentiev, Light Performance, mobile of plywood, wire, lamp, metal and lenses, 150 x 100 x 100 em, 1990. The lenses and colored filters are freely suspended under the light bulb, as in A. Calder's mobiles. Irregular motion of the lenses produces a changing image of light and color on the round white screen placed horizontally below. COLOR PlATE C No.2. Valdis Celms, Positron, model for a kinetic sculpture made of tin, iron, light projectors, cog-wheels, color filters and paper, 1976. A central ball emitting colored light is encased by a rotating structure of metallic prisms, which reflect and refract the light. When illuminated and in motion, Positron illustrates the third stage in the artist's outline of the kinetic process. No.3. Valdis Celms, Daugava, kinetic light screen made of metal, wood, glass, plastic, electric motor, light bulbs, screen measuring 155 x 105 em, 1974. Vertical and horizontal pulsations intersect on the screen, while a stable color structure is modified by dynamic lighting. The subtle nuances of the work are analogous to recurrent and yet continually changing processes in nature. COLOR PlATE D No.1. Oleg Sokolov, For You, My Dear Robots, india ink and gouache on cardboard, 49 x 70 em, 1969. (Photo: Sergey Zhdanov) The artist was tremendously interested in robots and robotics, clever apparatuses and machines. He created a number of works devoted to this subject, including Robot's Bride, Be Sad Instead ofMe, Machine, and others. (See article by Elena Shelestova.) No.2. Daina Berzina, Daina, stainless steel and multicoloured lights with musical accompaniment, 1981-1983. No.3. Dvizheniye Group, partial view of a light-kinetic installation at the international exhibition "Electro-72," Moscow, 1972. (See article on the Dvizheniye Group byV. Koleychuk.) ...