by Ragnar Kjartansson + view more
라그나르 카르탄슨 

The starting point for the project is the first American soap opera to appear in Russia. 
Santa Barbara was the longest running series in the history of Russian television (1992-2002). By introducing viewers to a non-Soviet way of life, it awakened new aspirations and emotions. It encouraged them to dream of a "beautiful life" but also encouraged them to re-evaluate their identity, while raising ambiguous attitudes towards the pervasiveness of Western culture. 
Arguably an effective vehicle of foreign influence on Russian culture, Santa Barbara made people want to resist the cultural colonisation that has been a recurrent part of their history. Every day as GES-2 visitors watch, Kjartansson turns his Santa Barbara – A Living Sculpture into an investigation of Russian culture as he, together with the director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir and the Russian actors and filming crew, re-enacts 98 episodes of the soap opera in Russian in front of a live audience.

━ Size : 70 x 100 cm
━ Print : Digital Print (RU)