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		FENSO Group

Biographical information: the group was formed in winter 1993.
Fenso, an acronym for Fenomen Soznaniya (Phenomenon of the Consciousness) has been around for some time as a group of five artists producing conceptual art.
The FENSO group created a sense of fun and friendships: from LSD-wanderings in the woods to role-playing, knights, gangsters, hockey players, Zen-masters and English college-boys.
Collections where works are held
Participation in exhibitions and auctions: Selected solo exhibitions:
1996 ‘Rama washed frame’, XL Gallery, Moscow
1995 ‘Bazak’, XL Gallery, Moscow
1993 ‘Fenso Lights’. 1.0 Gallery, Shkola Gallery, Moscow
‘Fenso Lights’, Philipp Briet Gallery, New York

Selected group exhibitions:
1997 ‘it’s better world’. Secession, Vien ‘Moscou Vandaag/ MoscowToday’. Gent Museum of contemporary art, Gent, Belgium
‘Back to photography’, Maly Manege, Moscow
1996 Photobiennal. Kuznetsky Most exhibition hall, Moscow
‘Le Nouveau Document Russe’, La Base, Paris
‘Tale after tale’, Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
1995 ‘Werkstatt Moskau’ (Zeitgenossische Russische Fotokunst). Akademie der Kunste im Marsell, Berlin ‘Zeitgenossische Fotografie aus Moskau’. IFA Gallery, Berlin
‘On beauty’ Regina Gallery, Moscow
1994 ‘Insolent, Insensitive...’ Regina Gallery, Moscow
‘The Artist Instead of Artwork’, Central House of Artists, Moscow
‘NewMediaTopia’, Central House of Artists, Moscow
‘Exchange II/ Datja’, Almere, Flevopolder, Netherlands
‘Video Fest’ 94’. Erfurt, Germany
1993 ‘Take away your dog!’, ‘Exchange’ project. Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Autobiographical notes: No information available
What the critics say: To be honest, writing about FENSO is not an easy money. Childrish tongue- tie binds both serious analysis and wish to play the game, as both turn into heavyweight burlesque.
At the same time FENSO attracts, intrigues and even provokes to give at least an approximate description of the phenomenon, let the background be just the BAZAK project.
On may search for the group’s roots in the spaces defined by Medical Hermeneutics, or find references to the new-born Ptyuch culture, or even debate about psychedelic and a “sidelong vision”…
Let’s avoid banality, though.
At some point I get a persistent reminder of the Leibniz’s monadology. According to the philosopher, “monad has no windows, and has no interactions with other monads and with the outer world. Although it bears and keeps the whole outer world within: it reflects the world with some degree of clearness and distinctiveness.. the very being of monad consists of reflection of the world’s being, of being the reflectiveness”. For me BAZAK, like FENSO itself, has a distinct monadological nature with the “as if” prefix…

Elena Selina
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