{"id":25157,"date":"2019-03-25T19:52:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.niio.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=25157"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:14:44","slug":"marina-zurkow-elixir-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/site\/marina-zurkow-elixir-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina Zurkow &#8211; Elixir Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25157\" class=\"elementor elementor-25157\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1b76c5 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1b76c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19d01901\" data-id=\"19d01901\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1be570da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1be570da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marina Zurkow - 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Each bottle contains an animated figure engaged in a repeated, metronomic action. In &#8220;Elixir I&#8221;, a woman is rowing; &#8220;Elixir II&#8221;, a blindfolded man stumbles to stay upright. &#8220;Elixir III&#8221; holds a little girl trying to fly with paper wings; and in &#8220;Elixir IV&#8221;, a high diver twists and arcs, while the bottle presses forward in an Antarctic landscape. The highly layered video treatment pays tribute to the 19th century Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky, whose portentous, luminous paintings of tiny ships on huge swells of ocean both mesmerize and terrify the viewer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e6cb32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"69e6cb32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1\/index.html?showinfo=false&hideinfobtn=true\n&autoplay=false&mute=true&hidefullscreen=false&controls=true&artworkid=8458&portrait=false&key=G9PVM1UOGX&invitationCode=lo0es0i4tppzcpr\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen width=\"560\" height=\"315\"  style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b95d900 text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-title\" data-id=\"2b95d900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading heading_style heading_style6a2b7b0cc7dda style-1 \" ><div class=\"sub-style\" ><div class=\"head-title \" > <h3  class=\"heading-title   \"   data-hover=\"Marina Zurkow \">Marina Zurkow <span class=\"title-s \">  <\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"sub-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading-sub-title  \"> Elixir II <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388f20ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"388f20ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;Elixir&#8221; pieces describe impossible landscapes: cut-crystal bottles bob and toss like buoys in the ocean, beacons bearing potions, poisons, messages, genies. Each bottle contains an animated figure engaged in a repeated, metronomic action. In &#8220;Elixir I&#8221;, a woman is rowing; &#8220;Elixir II&#8221;, a blindfolded man stumbles to stay upright. &#8220;Elixir III&#8221; holds a little girl trying to fly with paper wings; and in &#8220;Elixir IV&#8221;, a high diver twists and arcs, while the bottle presses forward in an Antarctic landscape. The highly layered video treatment pays tribute to the 19th century Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky, whose portentous, luminous paintings of tiny ships on huge swells of ocean both mesmerize and terrify the viewer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447e914a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"447e914a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1\/index.html?showinfo=false&hideinfobtn=true\n&autoplay=false&mute=true&hidefullscreen=false&controls=true&artworkid=8459&portrait=false&key=3P1AEYWUU8&invitationCode=4dl5kdq0xssqyd0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen width=\"560\" height=\"315\"  style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc654de text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-title\" data-id=\"dc654de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading heading_style heading_style6a2b7b0cc8b28 style-1 \" ><div class=\"sub-style\" ><div class=\"head-title \" > <h3  class=\"heading-title   \"   data-hover=\"Marina Zurkow \">Marina Zurkow <span class=\"title-s \">  <\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"sub-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading-sub-title  \"> Elixir III <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-242fee4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"242fee4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;Elixir&#8221; pieces describe impossible landscapes: cut-crystal bottles bob and toss like buoys in the ocean, beacons bearing potions, poisons, messages, genies. Each bottle contains an animated figure engaged in a repeated, metronomic action. In &#8220;Elixir I&#8221;, a woman is rowing; &#8220;Elixir II&#8221;, a blindfolded man stumbles to stay upright. &#8220;Elixir III&#8221; holds a little girl trying to fly with paper wings; and in &#8220;Elixir IV&#8221;, a high diver twists and arcs, while the bottle presses forward in an Antarctic landscape. The highly layered video treatment pays tribute to the 19th century Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky, whose portentous, luminous paintings of tiny ships on huge swells of ocean both mesmerize and terrify the viewer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b1883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f1b1883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1\/index.html?showinfo=false&hideinfobtn=true\n&autoplay=false&mute=true&hidefullscreen=false&controls=true&artworkid=8460&portrait=false&key=SQS3U922NL&invitationCode=gfz9hsqpxiwcnic\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen width=\"560\" height=\"315\"  style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8571ab text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-title\" data-id=\"c8571ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading heading_style heading_style6a2b7b0cc9896 style-1 \" ><div class=\"sub-style\" ><div class=\"head-title \" > <h3  class=\"heading-title   \"   data-hover=\"Marina Zurkow \">Marina Zurkow <span class=\"title-s \">  <\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"sub-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading-sub-title  \"> Elixir IV <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bfc522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bfc522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;Elixir&#8221; pieces describe impossible landscapes: cut-crystal bottles bob and toss like buoys in the ocean, beacons bearing potions, poisons, messages, genies. Each bottle contains an animated figure engaged in a repeated, metronomic action. In &#8220;Elixir I&#8221;, a woman is rowing; &#8220;Elixir II&#8221;, a blindfolded man stumbles to stay upright. &#8220;Elixir III&#8221; holds a little girl trying to fly with paper wings; and in &#8220;Elixir IV&#8221;, a high diver twists and arcs, while the bottle presses forward in an Antarctic landscape. 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