Присвоение пространства

V nachale 1990-kh godov Ilʹi͡a Kochergin reshilsi͡a na svoeobraznyĭ biograficheskiĭ ėksperiment: ostavil uchebu v Institute Stran Azii i Afriki, uekhal iz Moskvy i otpravilsi͡a puteshestvovatʹ po Sibiri. Nesmotri͡a na to, chto Kochergin vse zhe vernulsi͡a v Moskvu, ėta avanti͡ura ostavila v sudʹbe pisateli͡a vazhnyĭ sled: vpechatlenie ot zhizni sredi misticheskikh altaĭskikh gor stali chastʹi͡u ego khudozhestvennogo mira. Opyt prebyvanii͡a za predelami gorodskoĭ t͡sivilizat͡sii snabdil Kochergina materialom, povlii͡al na ego lichnye vnutrennie ustanovki, khudozhestvennyĭ metod i vybor problematiki. V tekstakh, voshedshikh v knigu 'Prisvoenie prostranstva', Ilʹi͡a Kochergin rasskazyvaet o vozvrashchenii na Altaĭ i o stroitelʹstve sobstvennogo doma v Ri͡azanskoĭ oblasti. Pozit͡sii͡a, s kotoroĭ avtor opisyvaet peĭzazhi i͡uzhnoĭ Sibiri i sredneĭ polosy, unikalʹna: sredi nikh on odnovremenno svoĭ, 'vzhivshiĭsi͡a' ili 'vzhivai͡ushchiĭsi͡a' v ėti peĭzazhi, i chuzhoĭ, prinadlezhashchiĭ k bolʹshomu gorodu.

In the early 1990s, Ilya Kochergin decided on a kind of biographical experiment: he left his studies at the Institute of Asian and African Countries, left Moscow and traveled to Siberia. Despite the fact that Kochergin still returned to Moscow, this adventure left an important trace in the fate of the writer: the impression of life among the mystical Altai mountains became part of his artistic world. The experience of being outside of urban civilization provided Kochergin with material, influenced his personal inner attitudes, artistic method and choice of issues. In the texts included in the book "Appropriation of Space", Ilya Kochergin talks about returning to Altai and about building his own house in the Ryazan region. The position with which the author describes the landscapes of southern Siberia and the central strip is unique: among them he is both his own, 'getting used' or 'getting used' to these landscapes, and a stranger belonging to a big city.