Timur Novikov: Zero Object

Timur Novikov: Zero Object positions the late artist Timur Novikov as protagonist in this exploration of underground art from St Petersburg. As well as providing a historical overview of the 1980s-1990s, the film features iconic figures in St Petersburg’s underground scene: cult rocker Victor Tsoi, and artists Georgy Guryanov, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe and Sergey ‘Africa’ Bugaev, among others. From beginning to end, it’s a manifesto for personal and artistic freedom in a forbidding political climate.

• Alexander SheinDirector

• Timur NovikovSelf (archive footage)
• Georgi GuryanovSelf (archive footage)
• Vladislav Mamyshev-MonroeSelf (archive footage)
• Sergei BugayevSelf (archive footage)
• Viktor TsoiSelf (archive footage)
• Sergei KuryokhinSelf (archive footage)
• Andrey KrisanovSelf
• Vladislav GutsevichSelf
• Yuri KasparyanSelf
• Igor TikhomirovSelf
• Joanna StingraySelf
• Boris KoshelokhovSelf