Poehali!

Watch it collapse
Im gonna sit back and watch it collapse
Cos right beneath belief
is the biggest thief

Petr Davydtchenko presents POEHALI! – a one night only exhibition/party. Part of the Evening Standard Series at Platform Stockholm in collaboration with CuratorLab & IASPIS.

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POEHALI!

Watch it collapse
Im gonna sit back and watch it collapse
Cos right beneath belief
is the biggest thief
deceit
another man made decease
my prestige is on the line
with my bloodline
my family overseas
you think you know me?
I may be cold hearted
but when I pump I burn my butt cheeks on fire
FIRE
Anybody here left with some other shit to throw?
I'VE GOT THE MUSCLE AND THE SHOVEL
TO BURY YOU ALL
-my gang is gore-
Watch it collapse
Vovasucka'll fuck you up
Watch it collapse
When I pump my muscle
Till the last drop of blood

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Petr Davydtchenko (b. 1986 Arzamas, Russia) lives and works in London/Stockholm. He holds ahas a B.A. in Fine Arts from Konstfack University College of Arts and a Masters Degree in Sculpture from Royal College of Art, London. His work consists primarily of scenography and sculpture elements that reference symbolism, occult and subcultural influences. Upcoming exhbitions include Dallas Art Fair, 2016 Club Dead, Scarborough, and Harlan Levey Gallery, Brussels.

http://petrdavydtchenko.com/

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EVENING STANDARD SERIES

The Platform Stockholm "Evening Standard Series" promotes the party as a form of social engagement analogous to the exhibition. These events are successful as parties if they are successful as exhibitions, and vice versa. Events in the series interrogate the social; they are focused on what happens between people. The artwork is inseparable from the event, and the event is inseparable from the people attending it.

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CURATOR LAB

CuratorLab is an international self-directed curatorial course dedicated to the advancement of curatorial practices based on research in the arts, crafts and design. It is addressed to beginning and mid-career curators, however a previous curatorial experience with own projects is necessary. CuratorLab is designed to offer time to conduct research and to explore new directions and ideas in order to develop artistic or theoretical work while linking academic study to cultural projects.

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IASPIS

Iaspis is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee's international programme for Visual and Applied Artists. Its mission is to work with internationalisation in various ways with the aim of increasing and developing contacts between Swedish artists and international institutions, fellow artists, the general public and the markets with the aim of contributing to artistic development and improved working and income opportunities. This is done by means of direct support for various forms of international cultural exchange, studio programmes in Sweden and abroad, informational activities and expert visits, as well as via a public programme of activities which formulate and explore topical issues in contemporary visual art and design from an international perspective.