Chernyshev Vladimir / 2

Born in 1992 in Nizhny Novgorod. Graduated from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Resident of the Tikhaya studio (Nizhny Novgorod). Lives and works in Nizhny Novgorod.

Bus stop

The installation was realized in 2020 in Nizhny Novgorod Region

 Courtesy of the artist

 The installation consists of a bus stop specially built in a natural landscape in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Its visuals are internationally and intergenerationally familiar; a simple architectural solution leaves no doubt as to its functional purpose — the construction seems made to shelter people from rain or wind while they are waiting for a bus.

“Bus Stop” is a place of refuge for those who feel lost; a resting place for those who need a break. Located in a space without public transport, indeed, without roads, the nameless bus stop becomes a point of endless waiting, a metaphorical “forestry object”.

Works situated in such locations are usually only known to the public through photographs.

Right before the opening of the Kandinsky Prize nominees exhibition, the artist installed a video surveillance camera next to the installation, a live broadcast from which is presented in the exposition.

Alisa Savitskaya, Vladimir Chernyshev