Tigran Sarapyan. "Songs of Naivety"

Cruelty, magic and clowns: a Moscow artist and architect is preparing an exhibition project "Songs of Naivety", symbolically revealing the processes of growing up.

The works, collected under the general title "Songs of Naivety", are stories about a person's perception of himself, the world around him, the future, the present and the past. All feelings are symbolically shown in the relationship of two young clowns who are just beginning to discover the real world.

Being in the process of self-knowledge, they solve the problem of gaining independence and entering adulthood. The world of the circus in which they live, like the world around us - on the one hand, magical and full of miracles, on the other - cold and cruel. This is a naive period, when we are still sure that there is more magic in the world around us than cruel one. This is the period of the dawn of man, when he still believes in oracles and soothsayers, believes that a rag doll will predict the future, and the tower will bring him closer to Heaven. Believes that the swallows suspended from the ceiling are real and that the plush toy listens to you attentively. However, over time, the fog will dissipate. The magical world of the circus will take on real shape.

Will the person draw conclusions from the past experience? No. As I have never done in thousands of years. And only a funny clown nose will remind of old hopes and belief in magic. Centuries change and already new people are watching the flight of swallows. Not noticing that they are tied to the ceiling with thin threads ...