№6 from the CARGO fairy tale series

The barrier hall precedes or protects the entrance to the secret fishing area. Here, with the help of figurative graphics, the artists represent two characters engaged in selfless waste of time. Sitting on the deck of a motorboat, they try to sunbathe naked, cast a fishing rod, swing oars or invent other forms of leisure, but all their actions take place in an enclosed garage and look staged. A novel about confidential intimacy, sealed by rituals of deliberately ridiculous posing for each other, can also be read as an allegorical story about escape from reality, or as a reference book collecting information about various forms of displaced activity of people in a stressful situation. The obvious intimacy of the series is enhanced by the similarity of the characters to the authors, or rather, the artists use themselves as models.

The plots shown in the drawings take place in a space hidden from prying eyes. But this secret life of the characters is constructed in graphic works that the authors initially plan to show to the public. The authors bring the hidden to the surface, but by building hatching, it becomes almost impossible to penetrate deep into this rattling space, the eye is caught again, but now in an effort to assemble a complete image.  

Text: Anastasia Kotyleva