NSK Embassy Moscow, 1992

Between 10 May and 10 June 1992 the artistic action NSK Embassy took place in a Moscow private apartment at Leninsky Prospekt 12. The action was conceptualized by Irwin and organized by Apt-Art International and the Ridzhina Gallery. The Embassy was conceptualized as a live installation. Besides the documents and artifacts of NSK groups: Irwin, Noordung Kosmokinetic Cabinet, New Collectivism, Retrovision and their guests Goran Dordevic, Mladen Stilinovic and Milivoj Bijelic, the central event of the project was a one-week program of lectures and public discussions, organized in cooperation with Irwin and Eda Cufer. The lecturers were Rastko Mocnik, Marina Grzinic and Matjaz Berger from Slovenia, Vesna Kesic from Croatia and well-known names from the Moscow conceptual, media and philosophic scene: Viktor Misiano, Valeri Podoroga, Aleksandr Yakimovich, Tatiana Didenko, and Artiom Troitsky. The aim of this event was to confront the similar social contexts of the ex-Soviet Union and ex-Yugoslavia. The encounter of individuals with similar aesthetic and ethical interests and social experience revealed that the topic arousing the most enthusiastic and intense debate was the art and culture of the 80's and the specific role they played in the transformation of Eastern Europe.