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FactChimpanzee’s Fuzzy Photographs Set to Sell for up to £70,000

Picture by Guzelian GUZELIAN: SAY BANANAS! COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY A MONKEY GO UNDER THE HAMMER. A collection of one-of-a-kind photographs is set to go under the hammer - so unique because the set was taken by a CHIMPANZEE. Mikki the monkey's snapshots of Moscow's Red Square, Russia, show a blurry picture of life through an animal's eyes, to form the exhibition Our Moscow through the Eyes of Mikki. Contemporary artists Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, two of the founding members of Moscow Conceptualism of the 1970s, discovered chimpanzee Mikki as a popular performer at the Moscow Circus. They taught the 15-year-old chimpanzee how to take photos with a Polaroid, and then by a regular analog and an antique camera. Mikki's take on the world presents a new perspective akin to experimental photography and reference millions of photos taken by tourists on a daily basis. The pictures, which will be sold at Sotheby's Auction House, London, on June 5, are expected to fetch between £50,000 - £70,000.

“As is probably stated somewhere in the theory of infinity, if you give an infinite amount of monkeys an infinite number of old-timey Polaroid cameras, one will eventually take “artistic” blurry photos of historical sites in Moscow which will then be auctioned at Sotheby's for an estimated $75,000 – $100,000. Fortunately for every simian art fan with a spare $100k, we are currently living in the very universe in which that concept is reality. Eighteen photographs by – and of – Mikki The Chimpanzee are going to auction on June 5, 2013”. – Callie Beusman via Jezebel.com. (Photo by Guzelian)

21 May 2013 09:31:00, post received 0 comments

WowInstagram Gallery

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Today with this post we'd like to start a new tradition on AvaxNews. I'm sure you know what Instagram is, most of you have Instagram gallery of your wonderful photos. In return we are ready to place your brilliant photos on our brilliant website. Of course there will be the owner's name and link to Instagram profile.




Haifa, Israel, May 2013

19 May 2013 10:23:00, post received 0 comments

EducativeCossack's Song “Не для меня придёт весна”, Plus Bonus (MUSIC VIDEO)

Cossack's Song “Не для меня придёт весна”

The song is presented in this publication in two different executions. The first (performed by monastic chorus) – classical, but bad. The second – national, good. Enjoy.

SEE ALSO: “Three Remarkable Cossack Songs + Bonus


13 May 2013 15:54:00, post received 0 comments

FactThousands Rally in Russia for “Bolotnaya” Prisoners

In this photo taken Sunday, May 6, 2012, Denis Lutskevich, left, is detained by police during an opposition rally in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. The former naval cadet and first-year student, 21-year-old Lutskevich was attending his first protest when he was detained, and is still in prison Monday May 6, 2013, on the first year anniversary of the protest. Lutskevich is one of more than two dozen people who are still held, facing criminal charges over the involvement in the May 6, 2012 opposition protest that ended in violent clashes between demonstrators and police. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

In this photo taken Sunday, May 6, 2012, Denis Lutskevich, left, is detained by police during an opposition rally in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. The former naval cadet and first-year student, 21-year-old Lutskevich was attending his first protest when he was detained, and is still in prison Monday May 6, 2013, on the first year anniversary of the protest. Lutskevich is one of more than two dozen people who are still held, facing criminal charges over the involvement in the May 6, 2012 opposition protest that ended in violent clashes between demonstrators and police. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)

07 May 2013 07:41:00, post received 0 comments

AppealingYakutsk: The Coldest City on Earth

January 2013. A scene in Yakutsk, Siberia, the coldest city in the world. (Photo by Steeve Iuncker/Agence VU)

Yakutsk, a remote city in Eastern Siberia along the Lena River, is the coldest city in the world. Located 1840 km away from Irkoustk and 5000 km away from Moscow, this city founded in 1632 by the Cossacks imposes upon its inhabitants an extreme way of life. And yet, despite particularly harsh conditions, Yakutsk boasts a population of 270,000, or a quarter of the entire population of Siberia. No other place on the planet experiences the temperature extreme found here: in winter, the temperatures regularly fall to minus 40° (the coldest temperature recorded was –64°C) and in summer often reaches temperatures above 30°C. Photo: January 2013. A scene in Yakutsk, Siberia, the coldest city in the world. (Photo by Steeve Iuncker/Agence VU)

29 Apr 2013 10:30:00, post received 0 comments

FactRussia Spice Hunters

In this photo taken on Friday, March 15, 2013, members of a pro-Kremlin youth group attack pushers of spice, a synthetic drug, in Moscow, Russia. Russian officials and anti-drugs campaigners say that spice has become one of the most dangerous drugs widely available to youngsters and almost impossible to ban because of the constantly changing chemical ingredients. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Friday, March 15, 2013, members of a pro-Kremlin youth group attack pushers of spice, a synthetic drug, in Moscow, Russia. Russian officials and anti-drugs campaigners say that spice has become one of the most dangerous drugs widely available to youngsters and almost impossible to ban because of the constantly changing chemical ingredients. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP Photo)

26 Apr 2013 08:39:00, post received 0 comments

AppealingPhoto Contest “Sacred and Valuable in Russia”

“Hostess of the sweet”. The girl cooks jam. (Photo by Aleksandr Makarenko)

“Hostess of the sweet”. The girl cooks jam. (Photo by Aleksandr Makarenko)

17 Apr 2013 13:53:00, post received 0 comments

WowBiting Elbows – Official Music Video for Biting Elbows' 2013 Single “Bad Motherfucker”

Biting Elbows – Official Music Video for Biting Elbows' 2013 Single “Bad Motherfucker”

Biting Elbows – Official music video for Biting Elbows' 2013 single «Bad Motherfucker». Believe me – for Putin's Russia it's VERY “severely”.

18 Mar 2013 14:57:00, post received 0 comments