Meanwhile, the activity of Sergei Shnurov, a shocking artist with a philosophical and theological education, broke out of the music scene. He filmed a series of TV shows about travelling, recorded the audiobook «Moscow-Petushki», and released a line of youth shoes. This year, two films with his participation will start — «Europe-Asia» by Ivan Dykhovichny and the long-awaited «Assa-2» by Sergei Solovyov. The protagonist of the book “Music for a man. The history of the Leningrad group answers the questions of Psychologies.
Psychologies: What do you feel when you hold a book in your hands?
Sergey Shnurov: It’s funny. And the fact that Semelyak did not censor the statements of his friends suits me. But I do not think that this book is a lifetime monument. Literature is now so devalued that it is stupid to be proud of a book from oneself or to oneself.
Books like these are meant to bring life to a close. But you are 35, it seems too early to sum up the results …
Now I have decided to take a break from everything and as a rest I am doing the program “Living History” for the “Fifth Channel” of the St. Petersburg television. In general, I want to retire more and more. Since kindergarten, I wanted to be a pensioner! Preferably allied. Now my heart is calm, though difficult, like any thinking person. And since it is natural for a thinking person to doubt, I am still in some turmoil on philosophical questions. Only faith must be indisputable. She, like love, does not depend on doubt. In general, I am a rare species: I have money, and not stolen. They won’t come to me asking where they’re from. Unless the archangels will arrive sooner or later, but not only to me. Yes, and it’s too early for me to atone for sins — I have not yet lost the potency for sin.