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a thousand days to go before the next winter olympics kicks off here in russia hundreds of volunteers have taken to the country's streets to mark the start of the big countdown. back a war next to a nazi explores the growing passion for contemporary art right here in the russian capital. hello and welcome to the program on this week's arts and culture show will be taking a look at russian contemporary art galleries constantly opening up in the capital such modern day creativity has exploded as the countries are saying i was south of here one of the most famous innovative art spaces in a capital carriage house in

a wonderful example of twentieth century russian architecture it's set in the former. sounded by there is a cover signal a gong strung up carriage presents approving of exhibitions by international and russian hartis and serves as a catalyst a meeting point for moscow's emerging policy one of the current displays is calls me news split into three main themes street punks configuration can you have strachan south coast guards health concern because in russia first we have a big program which goes parallel with each exhibition we preens catalogs both in russian and english all we know is not thirds here creational classes and special light chosen excavations for children new york minute features over fifty artists that watch the caption the drama danger and speed are piling up in this exhibition also brings the best of the downtown humility a close knit group of artists up for years have collaborated on numerous innovative

contemporary art projects and care so much images of alternative street signs to drawings of things cartoon characters this exhibition was designed to grab the public's attention off the roof is in moscow the new. decision is at times shocking providing an overview of the most exciting new trends coming out of the city this extended network. general admission here is to rubles around seven dollars a gallon is open until nine pm during the week and ten pm at weekends there are also host special onsite events including talks screenings performances and creative activities to children. the next galleries making bold steps in the world of contemporary art the appetite for this kind of odd is growing as an experiment in class of wealthy russians move from classic small modern works also it's still very affordable compared with russian classic art and international concern be ours so it's being bored by the growing middle class as well as by the wealthy. who

knows a cheap piece of art sitting inside here today could fetch millions in the future. all for documents one of the leading smaller concert we are spaces here in the city center because seeing edge exhibits on this play range from controversial photographs to work with military clothing but they have around seven hundred paintings in that collection and they pride themselves in educating society while at the same time pushing all boundaries controversy is part of this calories life and autists thrive in expressing themselves in the most dramatic sexual political way. each week since the whole arts class for children exploring all areas of art young people are encouraged to create visionary and bold he says. of his business working with it's very exciting here for both adults and children and i come here every wednesday because there are classes for children of my age

and we're tired to see and understand contemporary art and we started traditional art to a country where collecting foreign art ceased in one nine hundred seventy and take the place again only recently galleries like this on now in the front line of that mix of fashion and creativity that gives the russian market its particular current buzz. and understanding you know it doesn't really seem to matter this is great now contemporary art some of it is wonderful sensational with great hidden meaning for that and subtext behind each piece but on the flip side of that some of it is simply out there and it's just plain weird. moving on from kitsch. principle and even the whole muscovites after all it's home and whether it was before ten roubles one hundred thousand reviews most sculptures and paintings one subtle often something extra meanings well with that forged

brings us to this week's guests as owner of the voice our gallery in the capital tata shifrin rajan extravagant pieces make statements. read see you again so tell me your experience regarding russian contemporary art. we are quite the young company we opened only year and a half ago on the russian market. and we have two departments that are dealing selling promoting our young artists and there was an exhibition hall in moscow used also doing our own exhibitions independent. concerts gallery and is there money to be made out of it. it's her it's and it's always taking it as such a key industry. it is easy of course to work with a well known names. on the market it's easy to pick someone all for example

a. number all works he sold already on the auction and already has some stable price and already has a well known name of some people in the muscular lito all iraq for example it seems that concern isn't just about the art itself but it's more about having a party you know the social ladder or more probably image of it. arts becoming fashion it's very very close. very close and very deep into each other for the last let's say five ten years. especially contemporary arts. now it's a special. there are many magazines as you know who are doing arts and together and that's. what they working on there are some people whole kamin just to have fun just to tell friends that they saw in the freaky piece to have fun and there are

people who appreciate it says there's their lifestyle so there are the there are many sides of each of them what's the future for her she. will be developing i believe i believe. it will be growing it will be developing and it does. quite promising and there are russian artists more and more each different exhibitions and names on all cylinders and all that they becoming waltz well known still sell for blokes quite palms it was lovely to meet you and good luck with your work here. so where else can you find contemporary art in moscow it is our last place one of the first exhibition venues in the capital which adopts the trend of telling only just chill buildings is a cultural and entertainment complex is visible occupies

a number of buildings constructed at the end of the nineteenth century to serve the function producing desert winds and battling spirits in the crimea and caucuses now the form factor is with the famous bad brick lose house galleries and exhibition pools with cousins of contemporary art displays running at the same time. the most amusing or more last the first ciggies emotion wholly dedicated to the art of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. in my she not she nine now there are several branches of the museum all created in the historical sense of the capitol collections by standing up and gone artists as well as templates additions of contemporary art pieces from around the world are on display and not so worried tools in english are also available. we've decided to share until a wider audience about new forms and contemporary arts in an easy to understand way and he is in practical elements the longer nicer word submission in such a way that visitors can not only look at the display just to try to create

something themselves so we have several holes somebody exhibits other serve as workshops several major concern we are today and so often organize in the russian capital the muslim bialys first held in two thousand and five and since then has become an important international festival of the latest cheap ones on the world. ah seen this the fifty nollywood run from september to october and it's the repricing of worlds as the events aims to show explain how life is see through the prism of an artist's mind and creativity. is an architectural festival held each year in the kaluga region on the banks of the river and the tuna club with his from the russian capital guest architects at events create objects from natural materials like goods strew or ice the objects on just when to look good as many can also be tried out by the festival's visitors.

of course contemporary art isn't just confide capitals museums there are numerous places outside here in the city where you can find missions graffiti sculptures and street art starts a new graffiti officials realize that it can be used a constructive way to brighter musters it's really great to have a nonstate a number of housing blocks in the center of the capital these bold new worlds been created to see outside pieces and i seem to be liked by many of those commissions as part of an art festival the busy images we'll see here are said to represent what was once in the area. recently to change of course we create has started to attract attention and people get stronger stand streetcars better we started to receive orders to create a range of different cars were under also being invited to various galleries and museums with the skills and great me temporary you will still be on these buildings in ten years time consuming is heavy on calories must i i personally think so

alan to throw in harvest of the local artists are keen to create a sensational world famous art my guess is that the next damien hirst's could possibly come from russia. well there we have it unfortunately that's what's how we have on this week's program. in contemporary art here in the russian capital i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew by now. yes my name is daniel smith this is julian assange we're here to make a short presentation about the we can fix project. the first step in the for the

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says. the headlines see the u.s. is a libyan rebels hopes of official recognition as they see the opposition member visits the white house washington also stops short of calling a new money to the rebels. nato pledges to continue its military campaign in libya and so stops fighting in his latest message the leader said he's beyond the reach of feel. it's exactly a thousand days to go before the next winter olympics in russia hundreds of volunteers have taken to the country streets to mark the start of the.

write off we go into the world of sports with. lots of silver well for grabs today in english football yeah yes i'll kick it off over there or it could be double celebrations rory no celebrations at all. we have more on why that is in just a second time sir. great to have your company and this is sports today i'm going to be sure some of the stories we're covering over the next ten minutes or so. one thousand days to go russia marks a milestone in the continent a sort g. twenty fourteen with numerous festivals pum throughout the country. council on celebrations barcelona fans market teams third primarily get drawn in a row. thinking green only greens the richest depends on the golf

calendar reaches its midway point with american david toms the month. that's it going with focal where row nine in the russian premier league is appalling this summer days first flush in fact no over with sport technology staying rock bottom following a one one draw with a late late strike by months it sounds a saving the day for the visitors and chick under way at the moment is the f.c. crossness are f.c. smallman classroom hofner. the home side in league one nil after that then it's all the table and punter on gee who lead the way alongside reigning champions and eat they go out of its first summit superiority in the hot while it felt wins in a steel local t.v. moscow closely from the lot to the top of the table with victory at home to turn. over nine minutes month just united will be crying premier league champions if the

avoid defeat up at blackburn today the clash he would park. time on somewhat surprisingly it's the home side would lead one nil if he's not he's not needing a big seconds off of fear to reclaim the championship. from second place chelsea today important matters on the other end of the table to block pool currently in the relegation zone taking on them both in a big scoring or ferguson three to block the pool wolves who lie just to point out both the drop zone their level with sunderland the moment wild west brom who are already safe are involved in their final home much of the season against everton the lead at the moment after forty five minutes. they all but certain runs the title for a month just united comes a day after their manager alex ferguson was charged with improper conduct for comments made about a referee but the scot was speaking about howard webb before his side's two one win

over chelsea last week even though ferguson spoke positively about the official he broke f.a.a. rules which state new manager should speak up on a referee prior to a much this sixteen year old cousin till monday afternoon to respond. now it's also f.a. cup final day in any lengths months sister city basic on stoke city at wembley in a few hours time now a victory would cup rick week for the sky blue cheney squad sealing champions league qualification for the first time last shoes day it is city's first final since losing the f.a. cup the cider to tottenham way back in one thousand nine hundred one and they haven't won a trophy since beating mucosal to lift the league cup five years before that while stoke are playing in the f.a. cup final for the first time we have a solid this season in the premier league lying at the moment mancini then attains the point he would be underestimating the potters specially with silverware at

stake. i want to tell you one is that the disease was a champion the first important time for the club after. he wanted to go in one of the. european league or three. for a fight i think that is a good moment for us is a month from because. we can't pressure because this is a football match important for people who want to be transferred when. they may have a champions league final to contend with in two weeks' time but that hasn't stopped the blue and purple side of parsimony coming out to celebrate their side's third straight primmer league title that festivities well they started with a two hour parade on the city streets before continuing after newtown just short of a hundred thousand people joining in along the way for some made sure they retain the title two games early following a one one draw at

a fancy and whedon state pep guardiola his men now with their eyes firmly on london they meet manchester united in the champions league final at wembley on may the twenty. it's midway through the big money players championship in florida david solomons the man leading the way at the sony and goal fifth major with a one stroke advantage the american moving into the driving seat on the thirteenth where a birdie propelled him to ten on par score with which he would finish the day overnight leader nick watney he's alone in second place one shot behind the leader what me shooting a seventy one including this save in the second which helped and reach the green on hold on for birdie a group of four men sure third spot me to ole stricker and glover all eyeing up the largest slice of the nine and a half million dollar prize while martin county where he's just five shots from the front to win could. be. to basketball and in the

n.b.a. the grizzlies have tied their best of seven series with the thunder three games a pace ninety five ninety three despite being six in memphis the hosts trail by ten of half time but for mightily helped by game thirty points from zach randolph the series now moved to oklahoma city for some decisive faceoff with the winners drew to face the moderates in the western conference finals. pretty good night for you know their for you know what was born is what i got so good a rhythm feel good so i was just trying to be aggressive. you know when i got the ball into the server must be different being in a game but i tell myself i'm beginning i don't want to sit back and wait you know i will try to you know push you know push myself and really you know i'm good to go and i was classic battle time on the baseball diamond as the boston red sox left the home crowd disappointed following a five four ruling triumph against new york the yankees now in

a three game losing streak but have a chance are benching their series stretches into the weekend pitcher clay buchholz smudging the pressure of an away. plus very well striking at seven yankees the twenty six year old did a lot too runs but teammates have a nucleus of the way any less than worries the thirty two year old sending the ball over this school board for a two run homer on a five chewed leaves chris brander since help bring the home side pocket then fife for the book holds well he was the mind getting yankees captain derek jeter to bryant arts but was had finished the series continues with two more games in new york. and finally it's exactly one thought isn't days until the twenty fourteen winter olympics get going in sochi the occasion marked with various events held across the country but none cost revs here to bring us up to date what's been happening right here in the russian capital. thousand day countdown begins right

here today and we have it so mark this very important milestone we have various events being held all across a rush ah including right here in moscow at the moscow state university it's universities a chemistry department lots just want to talk about some much even said the russian organizing committee has already made now it's social investment into the russian winter olympics that is about six point five billion u.s. dollars and over sixty percent of that money will come from a government funds and out such a twenty four to the organizing committee has announced that it's already breaking all stores so records including attracting over one point one billion u.s. dollars from the private sector now that's a number that's a balance to increase over the coming years over the next three years because the organizing committee wants the russian games to become not the only innovating ones but also most profitable ones now you know the area where the russians have already

excelled in comparison to other a host nations in the past is that it's a livery health infrastructure was something is already been in place now hold the venues that will be games that says states in the year twenty thirteen that's a whole year ahead of the olympic games and that's already quite impressive now it's back to the one thousand day you have countdown to with events that happening all across russia the day ends all events have to do with the number one thousand that sell one thousand olympic paintings one thousand billion take a risk pays those events very similar to what's happening as what's been happening in other host nations in the past including time goober and to including the future summer in the capital london and bar russians as always and decided to do something original and the created something all their own and that's a one thousand olympic lesson said they were held over the last few days and the last one will be will be held today and those are lessons for school. children will

probably have the opportunity to become one of the twenty five thousand strong volunteer force now with some of those they're in tenth grade right now those kids a little bit earlier this is what they had to say. stations from the upcoming games after this lesson i have to take with me. and say it's it's breathtaking and i really want to be able interior on the olympic games in sochi. i think everybody knows that to russian somebody hospitable and honest and also i would like for people to try. this new food like really and. i'm always all your sports and i'll see you soon or whether though it's coming up in just a few moments. we'll

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