White Square
1 hr. 15 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vladimir Sorokin
Author
Vladimir Sorokin
Narrator
Nikolay Kobzev
Narrator
Nikolay Kobzev
Description
The scandalously famous Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin dedicated his new story “White Square” to director Kirill Serebrennikov, who was under investigation.
Kirill Serebrennikov, as well as a number of his colleagues—former Seventh Studio accountant Nina Maslyaeva, former Gogol Center director and former Seventh Studio general producer Alexey Malobrodsky, and former organization CEO Yuri Itin—are accused of embezzling 68 million rubles allocated from the state budget to the Platform project. Also involved in the case are Gogol Center producer Ekaterina Voronova and RAMT director Sofya Apfelbaum.
The story begins with the television show “White Square,” similar to the jingoistic patriotic programs of federal channels, where people with different political views engage in heated arguments. The guests of “White Square” are a woman working in a municipal position, a patriotic civil servant, a theater director (apparently an allusion to Serebrennikov), and a businessman who achieved everything on his own.
The host asks the question: “What does the image of Russia resemble?” The guests try to explain how they see the country.
The story uses rough grotesque strokes to depict the maxims that can be seen every day on federal television channels—reasoning about spirituality against a backdrop of poverty and dense hopelessness.
Kirill Serebrennikov, as well as a number of his colleagues—former Seventh Studio accountant Nina Maslyaeva, former Gogol Center director and former Seventh Studio general producer Alexey Malobrodsky, and former organization CEO Yuri Itin—are accused of embezzling 68 million rubles allocated from the state budget to the Platform project. Also involved in the case are Gogol Center producer Ekaterina Voronova and RAMT director Sofya Apfelbaum.
The story begins with the television show “White Square,” similar to the jingoistic patriotic programs of federal channels, where people with different political views engage in heated arguments. The guests of “White Square” are a woman working in a municipal position, a patriotic civil servant, a theater director (apparently an allusion to Serebrennikov), and a businessman who achieved everything on his own.
The host asks the question: “What does the image of Russia resemble?” The guests try to explain how they see the country.
The story uses rough grotesque strokes to depict the maxims that can be seen every day on federal television channels—reasoning about spirituality against a backdrop of poverty and dense hopelessness.
