Timur Novikov: Zero Object positions the late artist Timur Novikov as protagonist in this exploration of underground art from St Petersburg. As well as providing a historical overview of the 1980s-1990s, the film features iconic figures in St Petersburg’s underground scene: cult rocker Victor Tsoi, and artists Georgy Guryanov, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe and Sergey ‘Africa’ Bugaev, among others. From beginning to end, it’s a manifesto for personal and artistic freedom in a forbidding political climate.

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Timur Novikov

Self (archive footage)

Georgi Guryanov

Self (archive footage)

Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Bugayev

Self (archive footage)

Viktor Tsoi

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Kuryokhin

Self (archive footage)

Andrey Krisanov

Self

Yuri Kasparyan

Self

Igor Tikhomirov

Self

Joanna Stingray

Self