This dog only knew that barking

2020
'Time out of joint' (group exhibition)
Cultural Foundation 'Ekaterina'. Moscow, Russia
papier-macher, rigging, polystone
165х165х165 cm
Dear Peter Alexandrovich,

I’m writing to tell you about an unpredictable problem that has occurred.
Your dog has lost. We haven’t seen her for 4 days.
We can’t find her anywhere. It disappeared all of a sudden… she went away. She wasn’t at home as we were calling her again and again… but there was no reply. We were looking for her in the yard, but unfortunately everything was in vain. We had no clue what to do. We even bought her favourite cheese in the hope that she would sniff it somehow and come back. In the end, we had to eat it by ourselves.
Yet you have a nice dog. Her eyes are both kind and clever. It was her who I often spoke to and shared my thoughts with. Both of us didn’t fancy people. She was a sort of my personal guard from the outer world. Together we were on our own, having power in our closed nature and hatred of anyone or anything. I hope she has just gone deliberately… gone to her 'insular consciousness'. Somewhere not far from her. But you know, Peter Alexandrovich, to be honest the dog made us irritable by her endless barking. Yes, she was stunning and her eyes were kind, but the beast’s bark was unbearable. All in all, I’m sorry that she was lost. Dogs bark a lot, because they are dogs.
But not so much! I’m sorry, Peter Alexandrovich, saying about her that way. Still she gave me so much delight. However, I have no
clue what to do.