location:
Red Square, in front of Lenin Mausoleum
date:
07/06
material:
fluorescent yellow gaffertape (2 inch),
coats
photographer:
Karin Desmarowitz

In front of the Lenin Mausoleum entrance I sit down facing the Mausoleum and my 16 meter longthed arms of the coat are laying down on the floor. The end of the arms is left and right side of the tape meshurement. I sit there, with the long arms, helpless to act with these endless arms, meditating on Lenin, who is in this "refridgerator" freezed and now in the main thing remained as a tourist attraction. The old power lost his faszination and his terror aspect. The symbol, the Lenin body became a figur in a cabinet of curiosities in the world history. After ten minutes I am arrested but half an hour later free again: "No permission for performances on Red Square today". There wasn't any.

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