УДК: 712.253

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2024-4-229-239

EDN: ZDMIWF

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Natalia V. Sipovskaya

D. Sc. in Art Studies, Director of the State Institute for Art Studies
State Institute for Art Studies
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: edvin8@list.ru

Tatiana Yu. Gnedovskaya

D. Sc. in Art Studies, Leading Researcher of the State Institute for Art Studies
State Institute for Art Studies
Moscow, Russia
E-mail: tgnedovskaya@gmail.com

The Garden as an Art Space and a Territory of Memory

Abstract

On October 4, 2024 a new space was opened in the Suzdal Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, a monument of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve. The museum presented the Garden, laid out on the site of the walking yard of the Prisoner Corps. The arrangement of this place is the first stage of the re-exposition of the old prison complex, which functioned within these walls until the 1960s. The article analyzes the concept of the project, designed to rearrange the territory burdened with tragic connotations into a living museum ensemble, suggesting the possibility of arranging art exhibitions while respectfully preserving the historical memory of this place. The experience of the first action shows: a successfully found “Key” made it possible to solve this difficult task. The “Key” is the Garden itself. Due to the breadth of the semantic field of the garden theme in European culture, the garden as a form and as an image turned out to be in demand in modern museum practice. In this case, it successfully combines two of its many meanings — the space of memory and the space of creation.

Keywords

Garden of Memory, Garden of Arts, museum gardens, Suzdal, Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery, Prisoner Corps, Insel Hombroich Museum.

For citation

Sipovskaya N.V., Gnedovskaya T.Yu. The Garden as an Art Space and a Territory of Memory. Theatre. Fine Arts. Cinema. Music. 2024, no. 4, pp. 229–239.

DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2024-4-229-239

EDN ZDMIWF

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Received: 05.10.2024

Revised: 06.11.2024

Accepted: 08.11.2024