Pergamon 2nd Life
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Pergamon 2nd Life is a joint art project created by the author, mime artist, and photographer Andrey Alexander from Moscow, Russia, together with the author, circumnavigator, and producer Angelika Gebhard from Bad Wiessee, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-authors |title=About the authors |website=Pergamon-2-Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406035250/http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-authors |archive-date=2015-04-06 }} In a photographic installation extending over 30 m (98 feet) in length and up to 4 m (13 feet) high they recreated the missing parts of the Gigantomachy frieze of the Pergamon Altar.{{cite web |url=http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-project |title=The Project "Pergamon 2nd Life" - A Gift to the World |website=Pergamon-2-Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403124548/http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-project |archive-date=2015-04-03}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.germania.diplo.de/Vertretung/russland/de/02-mosk/6-nachrichten/pergamonaltar.html |title=Das zweite Leben des Pergamonaltars im Projekt "Giganten gegen Götter" |trans-title=The second life of the Pergamon Altar in the “Gods against Giants” project |publisher=Vertretungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in der Russischen Föderation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222163845/http://www.germania.diplo.de/Vertretung/russland/de/02-mosk/6-nachrichten/pergamonaltar.html |archive-date=2015-02-22 |url-status=dead }}
Artistically inspired reconstruction
The fragments of the Great Altar, which were excavated by archeologists under the direction of Carl Humann in the area of ancient Pergamon in 1878, have numerous empty surfaces. The missing parts and figures of the gods and giants depicted in the original 113 m (370 feet) Gigantomachy frieze were added by Andrey Alexander in the form of photos and drawings he had made of present-day athletes, actors, and of fragments of ancient sculptures.
In a five-year process, these photographs were then edited with respect to color, surface structure, and elaboration of the details and inserted into the gaps of the remaining marble fragments. The result is a fictional, artistically inspired reconstruction of the original. Leading European archeologists and scientists were consulted for advice on the project.{{cite web |url=http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/partner |title=Scientific advisors and partners |website=Pergamon-2-Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405044522/http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/partner |archive-date=2015-04-05}}
Exhibitions
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The photographic installation celebrated its public world premiere in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow from April 22, 2013, through July 21, 2013. Video and audio installations complemented the exhibition which attracted around 300,000 visitors.{{cite web |url=http://www.arts-museum.ru/events/archive/2013/04/pergamon/index.php?lang=en |title=«Большой фриз Пергамского алтаря». Авторское графическое воссоздание А. Александера |publisher=Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts |date=April 2013}} From June 30 through August 2, 2015, the photographic installation was exhibited in the Shchusev Museum of Architecture in Moscow. For the first time, the exhibition also included a 3-D reconstruction of the quadriga of the gigantomachy.
Prizes
In 2010, the German publisher Edition Panorama released the perpetual wall calendar "Pergamon 2nd Life",{{cite web |url=http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-project/calendar-pergamon-fantasy |title=Calendar 'Pergamon Fantasy' |website=Pergamon-2-Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406205423/http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-project/calendar-pergamon-fantasy |archive-date=2015-04-06}} which was the silver winner of the 60th Gregor International Calendar Award held in the German city of Stuttgart.{{cite web |url=http://www.freelens.com/node/50499 |title=Pergamon Fantasy |website=Freelens |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222174342/http://www.freelens.com/node/50499 |archive-date=2015-02-22}}
References
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY3lA5xe23w The second life of the Pergamon Altar. German Broadcaster ARD, “ARD-Mittagsmagazin”, April 22, 2013, on YouTube]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9cFauhgcA Opening of the exhibition “Giants against Gods”, on YouTube]
- [http://www.tegernseer-tal-verlag.de/content/dokumentation/pergamon-fantasy/pergamon_fantasy_2.htm Dokumentation - Pergamon Fantasy]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150403124548/http://pergamon-2-life.com/en/the-project Website of the Pergamon 2nd Life project]