October 4 at 19:00 at the Classical Photography Gallery opens the exhibition "Playing with Time" - an art project by Andrey Gordasevich about trying to hide time by reconstructing the era of the Napoleonic Wars.

In 2014-2017 Andrey filmed the "behind the scenes" of the reconstruction as a space for playing with time. The exhibition will feature photographs of Andrei, as well as drawings by an eyewitness of the events of 1812, horse grenadier Noirot, who accidentally fell into his hands. The exhibition will run until December 4th.

The project was presented as online art within the framework of the Fashion and Style in Photography 2017 festival and became known thanks to the site http://time.gordasevich.ru, where the story about the reconstruction is presented as a visual play about the intersection of times.

Playing hide-and-seek with time is easy on a theatrical battlefield, but difficult in everyday life, which can be seen when shooting backstage: in some frames, time is “cleaned up”, and in others it is “infected” modern items. The photographer searches for scenes in a modern reconstruction that resemble Noirot's sketches.

Andrew about the project:

“In any reconstruction, people play with time. I am primarily interested not in the historical background of the game, but in the very attempt to move to another time and another space. Can this attempt be successful and to what extent? ..

In fact, reconstruction is a particular example of the creation of a myth, an imaginary world, and there are many similar attempts, everyone's life consists of them, although not everyone goes with a tent to the Borodino field. In a word, the reconstruction of the Battle of Borodino is the material, and the theme is the mythology of the time.

Noirot, whose drawings I use in the project, is a chronicler of everyday life, a witness to what in later times would be documented with a camera. Therefore, I kind of look for in modern reconstruction those motifs that Noirot painted as a witness of that time - and I remove them.

Of course, not quite linear, but there is a roll call. For me, a member of the public filming the riders with a phone is also part of the reconstruction. Because it is located just at the point of intersection of times. And cigarettes banned in the camps, too. And plastic cans of water. And cars. Moreover, the black-and-white execution of the project helps these details to sneak into the fabric of the story unnoticed, to hide.

It seems that everything is almost like in Noirot's drawings, but no ... In general, the "photographer who stops time" is a metaphor, and it is very inaccurate. A photograph can only help to remember something from some time. Something, in fact, rather vague and serving as material for fantasy. Your time is your feeling of the surrounding space. The most difficult thing is to feel the time in which you yourself live. Because it is close. There is nowhere to retreat, and close - not to focus.


Andrey Gordasevich deals with visual projects based on shooting Everyday life, documentary and street photography. These stories are published in the form of books (album "Intersections"), and in Lately- in the form of online-art, in the format of longread sites.

For more than 10 years, Andrey has worked exclusively with black and white film, since 2012 he has made a number of projects in color, including Havana: Portraits on the Road, Diary from Pushkar, Crossings, Fast Gold. His projects "Intersections" and "Quick Gold" (www.quickgold.ru) received a number of international awards. Andrey's works are in the MAMM collection and in private collections in Russia and abroad.

October 4 at 19:00 at the Gallery of Classical Photography the exhibition "Games with Time" opens - Andrei Gordasevich's art project about an attempt to hide time by reconstructing the era of the Napoleonic Wars. In 2014-2017 Andrey filmed the "behind the scenes" of the reconstruction as a space for playing with time. The exhibition will feature photographs of Andrei, as well as drawings by an eyewitness of the events of 1812, horse grenadier Noirot, who accidentally fell into his hands. Exhibition will last until December 4.

The project was presented as online art within the framework of the festival "Fashion and Style in Photography - 2017" and became known thanks to the site http://time.gordasevich.ru, where the story about the reconstruction is presented as a visual play about the intersection of times. Playing hide-and-seek with time is easy on the theatrical battlefield, but difficult in everyday life, which can be seen when shooting backstage: in some frames, time is “cleaned up”, and in others it is “infected” with modern objects. The photographer searches for scenes in a modern reconstruction that resemble Noirot's sketches.

Andrew about the project:“In any reconstruction, people play with time. I am primarily interested not in the historical background of the game, but in the very attempt to move to another time and another space. Can this attempt be successful and to what extent?.. In fact, reconstruction is a particular example of creating a myth, an imaginary world, and there are many similar attempts, everyone's life consists of them, although not everyone goes with a tent to the Borodino field. In a word, the reconstruction of the Battle of Borodino is the material, and the theme is the mythology of the time. Noirot, whose drawings I use in the project, is a chronicler of everyday life, a witness to what in later times would be documented with a camera. Therefore, I kind of look for in modern reconstruction those motifs that Noirot painted as a witness of that time - and I remove them. Of course, not quite linear, but there is a roll call. For me, a member of the public filming the riders with a phone is also part of the reconstruction. Because it is located just at the point of intersection of times. And cigarettes banned in the camps, too. And plastic cans of water. And cars. Moreover, the black-and-white execution of the project helps these details to sneak into the fabric of the story unnoticed, to hide. It seems that everything is almost like Noirot in the drawings, but no ... In general, the "photographer who stops time" is a metaphor, and it is very inaccurate. A photograph can only help to remember something from some time. Something, in fact, rather vague and serving as material for fantasy. Your time is your feeling of the surrounding space. The most difficult thing is to feel the time in which you live yourself. Because it is close. There is nowhere to retreat, and close - not to focus.

Andrei Gordasevich is engaged in visual projects based on shooting everyday life, documentary and street photography. These stories are published in the form of books (album "Intersections"), and recently - in the form of online-art, in the format of long-read websites. For more than 10 years, Andrey has worked exclusively with black and white film, since 2012 he has made a number of projects in color, including Havana: Portraits on the Road, Diary from Pushkar, Crossings, Fast Gold. His projects "Intersections" and "Quick Gold" (www.quickgold.ru) received a number of international awards. Andrey's works are in the MAMM collection and in private collections in Russia and abroad.

The exhibition is provided by the photographic movement "Together" - thanks to Vasily Vasilets.​

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The square of the Russian infantry is lined up to protect against the cavalry

The Moscow Gallery of Classical Photography on October 4 at 19:00 opens the exhibition "Playing with Time" - an art project by Andrei Gordasevich about trying to hide time by reconstructing the era of the Napoleonic Wars. In 2014-2017 Andrey filmed the "behind the scenes" of the reconstruction as a space for playing with time. The exhibition will feature photographs of Andrei, as well as drawings by an eyewitness of the events of 1812, horse grenadier Noirot, who accidentally fell into his hands. The exhibition will run until December 4th.

As part of the vernissage on October 4, costumes of reenactors will be presented, and models in dresses from the 1812 era will flit through the halls of the gallery. Grenadiers ladies...

Traditionally admission to the opening of the exhibition is free.

The project "Games with Time" was presented as an online art within the framework of the festival "Fashion and Style in Photography - 2017" and became known thanks to Gordasevich's website, where the story of the reconstruction is presented as a visual play about the intersection of times. Playing hide-and-seek with time is easy on the theatrical battlefield, but difficult in everyday life, which can be seen when shooting backstage: in some frames, time is “cleaned up”, and in others it is “infected” with modern objects. The photographer searches for scenes in a modern reconstruction that resemble Noirot's sketches.

Andrei about the project: “In any reconstruction, people play with time. I am primarily interested not in the historical background of the game, but in the very attempt to move to another time and another space. Can this attempt be successful and to what extent?.. In fact, reconstruction is a particular example of creating a myth, an imaginary world, and there are many similar attempts, everyone's life consists of them, although not everyone goes with a tent to the Borodino field. In a word, the reconstruction of the Battle of Borodino is the material, and the theme is the mythology of the time. Noirot, whose drawings I use in the project, is a chronicler of everyday life, a witness to what in later times would be documented with a camera. Therefore, I kind of look for in modern reconstruction those motifs that Noirot painted as a witness of that time - and I remove them. Of course, not quite linear, but there is a roll call. For me, a member of the public filming the riders with a phone is also part of the reconstruction. Because it is located just at the point of intersection of times. And cigarettes banned in the camps, too. And plastic cans of water. And cars. Moreover, the black-and-white execution of the project helps these details to sneak into the fabric of the story unnoticed, to hide. It seems that everything is almost like in Noirot's drawings, but no ... In general, "a photographer who stops time" is a metaphor, and it is very inaccurate. A photograph can only help to remember something from some time. Something, in fact, rather vague and serving as material for fantasy. Your time is your feeling of the surrounding space. The most difficult thing is to feel the time in which you live yourself. Because it is close. There is nowhere to retreat, and close - not to focus.

Andrei Gordasevich is engaged in visual projects based on shooting everyday life, documentary and street photography. These stories are published in the form of books (album "Intersections"), and recently - in the form of online-art, in the format of long-read websites. For more than 10 years, Andrey has worked exclusively with black and white film, since 2012 he has made a number of projects in color, including Havana: Portraits on the Road, Diary from Pushkar, Crossings, Fast Gold. His projects "Intersections" and "Quick Gold" (www.quickgold.ru) received a number of international awards. Andrey's works are in the MAMM collection and in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Moscow, Savvinskaya embankment, 23 building 1

October 4, 2017 at 19:00 at the Gallery of Classical Photography (Moscow, Savvinskaya Embankment, 23 building 1) opens the exhibition "Games with Time" - an art project by Andrei Gordasevich about an attempt to hide time by reconstructing the era of the Napoleonic Wars. In 2014-2017, Andrey Gordasevich filmed the "behind the scenes" of the reconstruction as a space for playing with time. The exposition will feature his photographs, as well as drawings of an eyewitness to the events of 1812, the equestrian grenadier Noirot, who accidentally fell into his hands. The exhibition will run until December 4th.

Andrei Gordasevich. Alabaster marching bust of Napoleon at the tent of Private Noirot. 2014-2016. Photo. Courtesy Andrey Gordasevich.

The project was presented as online art within the framework of the Fashion and Style in Photography 2017 festival and became known thanks to the site time.gordasevich.ru, where the story about the reconstruction is presented as a visual play about the intersection of times. Playing hide-and-seek with time is easy on a theatrical battlefield, but difficult in everyday life, which can be seen when shooting backstage: in some shots, time is “cleaned up”, while in others it is “infected” with modern objects. The photographer searches for scenes in a modern reconstruction that resemble Noirot's sketches.


Andrei Gordasevich. Shot from a flintlock pistol to test the quality of the spark. 2014-2016. Photo. Courtesy Andrey Gordasevich.

Andrei Gordasevich about the project: “In any reconstruction, people play with time. I am primarily interested not in the historical background of the game, but in the very attempt to move to another time and another space. Can this attempt be successful and to what extent?.. In fact, reconstruction is a particular example of creating a myth, an imaginary world, and there are many similar attempts, everyone's life consists of them, although not everyone goes to the Borodino field with a tent. In a word, the reconstruction of the Battle of Borodino is the material, and the theme is the mythology of the time. Noirot, whose drawings I use in the project, is a chronicler of everyday life, a witness to what in later times would be documented with a camera. Therefore, I kind of look for in modern reconstruction those motifs that Noirot painted as a witness of that time - and I remove them. Of course, not quite linear, but there is a roll call.


Andrei Gordasevich. General Dorsenn says goodbye to the ladies. 2014-2016. Photo. Courtesy Andrey Gordasevich.

For me, a member of the public filming the riders with a phone is also part of the reconstruction. Because it is located just at the point of intersection of times. And cigarettes banned in the camps, too. And plastic cans of water. And cars. Moreover, the black-and-white execution of the project helps these details to sneak into the fabric of the story unnoticed, to hide. It seems that everything is almost like in Noirot's drawings, but no ... In general, the "photographer who stops time" is a metaphor, and it is very inaccurate. A photograph can only help to remember something from some time. Something, in fact, rather vague and serving as material for fantasy. Your time is your feeling of the surrounding space. The most difficult thing is to feel the time in which you yourself live. Because it is close. There is nowhere to retreat, and close - not to focus.


Andrei Gordasevich. The emperor looks at his watch, expecting accidents. 2014-2016. Photo. Courtesy Andrey Gordasevich.

Andrei Gordasevich is engaged in visual projects based on shooting everyday life, documentary and street photography. These stories are published in the form of books (album "Intersections"), and recently - in the form of online-art, in the format of long-read websites. For more than 10 years, Andrey Gordasevich has worked exclusively with black and white film, since 2012 he has made a number of projects in color, including Havana: Portraits on the Road, Diary from Pushkar, Crossings, Fast Gold. His projects "Intersections" and "Quick Gold" (www.quickgold.ru) received a number of international awards. Andrei Gordasevich's works are in the MAMM collection and in private collections in Russia and abroad.

The gallery of classical photography opens the exhibition "Playing with Time" - an art project by Andrey Gordasevich about trying to hide time by reconstructing the era of the Napoleonic Wars. In 2014-2017 Andrey filmed the "behind the scenes" of the reconstruction as a space for playing with time. The exhibition will feature photographs of Andrei, as well as drawings by an eyewitness of the events of 1812, horse grenadier Noirot, who accidentally fell into his hands. The exhibition will run until December 4th.

The project was presented as online art within the framework of the Fashion and Style in Photography 2017 festival and became known thanks to the site time.gordasevich.ru, where the story of the reconstruction is presented as a visual play about the intersection of times. Playing hide-and-seek with time is easy on a theatrical battlefield, but difficult in everyday life, which can be seen when shooting backstage: in some shots, time is “cleaned up”, while in others it is “infected” with modern objects. The photographer searches for scenes in a modern reconstruction that resemble Noirot's sketches.

Andrew about the project:“In any reconstruction, people play with time. I am primarily interested not in the historical background of the game, but in the very attempt to move to another time and another space. Can this attempt be successful and to what extent?.. In fact, reconstruction is a particular example of creating a myth, an imaginary world, and there are many similar attempts, everyone's life consists of them, although not everyone goes with a tent to the Borodino field. In a word, the reconstruction of the Battle of Borodino is the material, and the theme is the mythology of the time. Noirot, whose drawings I use in the project, is a chronicler of everyday life, a witness to what in later times would be documented with a camera. Therefore, I kind of look for in modern reconstruction those motifs that Noirot painted as a witness of that time - and I remove them. Of course, not quite linear, but there is a roll call. For me, a member of the public filming the riders with a phone is also part of the reconstruction. Because it is located just at the point of intersection of times. And cigarettes banned in the camps, too. And plastic cans of water. And cars. Moreover, the black-and-white execution of the project helps these details to sneak into the fabric of the story unnoticed, to hide. It seems that everything is almost like Noirot in the drawings, but no ... In general, the "photographer who stops time" is a metaphor, and it is very inaccurate. A photograph can only help to remember something from some time. Something, in fact, rather vague and serving as material for fantasy. Your time is your feeling of the surrounding space. The most difficult thing is to feel the time in which you live yourself. Because it is close. There is nowhere to retreat, and close - not to focus.

Andrei Gordasevich is engaged in visual projects based on shooting everyday life, documentary and street photography. These stories are published in the form of books (album "Intersections"), and more recently - in the form of online art, in the format of long-read websites. For more than 10 years, Andrey has worked exclusively with black and white film, since 2012 he has made a number of projects in color, including Havana: Portraits on the Road, Diary from Pushkar, Crossings, Fast Gold. His projects "Intersections" and