News regarding the announcement of Cement III event

First, you hear the buzz of flies and the cry of cicadas in the hall. This isn’t a speaker malfunction; it’s an ambient soundscape under which visitors walk past animal hides, slippers shaped like construction tools, and ankles stuck in cement.

In the first hall of PARAZIT Gallery, a young woman stands in the middle of a field on a television screen, gesturing with wise, golden hands. The same ambient sound emanates from there—the only sound in the entire exhibition. Beyond that, silence begins: white rooms, sparsely populated, where the exhibits in this emptiness look like artifacts from an abandoned station.

It’s difficult to laugh here. The hall smells of bleach, aldehydes, and lacquer, like a recently renovated space. The further you move from the entrance, the stronger the scent of raw cement becomes. Carelessness permeates everything—it’s either unfinished or deliberately intended. «Perhaps the concept lies precisely in this chaos, ” you think, until a different feeling surfaces: that you are being made fun of.

Among the exhibits is a brown structure resembling frozen icicles on a pedestal, set against a light screen displaying blurred figures of people. In a dark room, disassembled red fire extinguishers lie on the glossy floor, and a vertical red painting hangs on the wall. There is also a concrete „heart“ from which a small twig protrudes.

There are almost no visitors, and the reactions must be gathered from the few guests who do attend. «Two paintings placed next to each other are rendered in repulsive tones, but I couldn’t look away, ” one of them shared. Some of the grotesque pieces seemed overly ornate to him, and the light panel, divided into sections, was reminiscent of a Google CAPTCHA: „Confirm you are not a robot.“ The gallery curator was present but did not speak with the guests.The works are divided into three thematic directions with their own titles. „Drochento“ is dedicated to attempts to break the „dead grip of a solution, ” „Srubento“ to the „facsimile tightness“ of pseudo-tradition, and „Toretto“ to the „uncontrolled outburst of rage.“„Cimento III“ is the third exhibition in the PARAZIT collective cycle. The first ran under the thesis, „By creating boundaries, we cement freedom, ” and the second— „Bridges and walls are made of the same material.“The exhibition „Cimento III: Legs in a Basin“ is held at PARAZIT Gallery on the Karpovka River embankment and is open from Thursday to Sunday, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Admission is 214 rubles. The exhibition is expected to run until approximately November 5th; the gallery has not yet announced the exact closing date. The catalog features 47 pieces: sculpture, painting, and objects, most of which were created in 2026. Among the participants are Vladimir Kozin, Alexey Slon, Ksenia Makarenko, Vadim Bondarenko, Yustina Komissarov, Yulia Mortis, Igor Plotnikov, Igor Panin, Nariman Kalashnikov, and the curator himself. The list opens with the founder of the collective, Yevlampiy PARAZIToff’s work, „Big brother I“ (2008–2025).