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CULTURAL TIPS FOR FOREIGNERS IN RUSSIA
2011
series of 12 objects
materials: cast foam, acrylic and ink
each object: 18 x 10 x 1 in / 45 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm
edition of 3

For Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia project, we gathered advice to help tourists, foreign workers and immigrants to assimilate and understand social and cultural norms in Russia. We took advice from published guides, public forums, on-the-street questionnaires, social websites, and friends. We illustrated those tips and incorporated them into twelve foam objects shaped as open books.

Installation view: Media Impact. International Festival Of Activist Art. Special project, 4th Moscow Biennial, 2011

Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #1, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #2, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #3, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #4, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #5, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #6, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #7, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #8, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #9, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #10, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For Foreigners In Russia #11, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in
Cultural Tips For New Americans #12, 2011, cast foam, acrylic and ink, 18 x 10 x 1 in

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