Sergei Bugayev

Sergei Bugayev

Known for

Acting

Born

March 28, 1966 (age 60)

Birthplace

Novorossiysk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

Afrika (real name Sergei Bugaev) (born 28 March 1966) is a Russian artist.

He was born in Novorossiysk, and in the early 1980s moved to Leningrad, where he became friends with leaders of the art scene there, such as the painter Timur Novikov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov. Shortly thereafter he adopted the artistic moniker "Afrika" and began working as an artist himself. In 1987 he starred as Bananan, the lead character in the groundbreakingly avant garde film Assa by Russian film director Sergei Solovyov.

Afrika works mainly in performance and installation art. His 1993 project "Krimania" took the form of an initial performance, which involved the artist spending three weeks in a menta...

Best known work

Assa
Assa
1987
Garpastum
Garpastum
2005
2-Assa-2
2-Assa-2
2008
Two Captains II
Two Captains II
1992
The Golden Mean
The Golden Mean
2010
Timur Novikov: Zero Object
Timur Novikov: Zero Object
2014
I am Gagarin
I am Gagarin
2017
Dialogues
Dialogues
1986
Shurale
Shurale
2026
Rock Beyond
Rock Beyond
2021

Filmography

  1. TBA

    ComradesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  2. 2026

    Shurale

    as Arkadiy Zeldin

  3. 2021

  4. 2017

  5. 2014

    Timur Novikov: Zero Object

    as Self (archive footage)

  6. 2010

  7. 2008

    2-Assa-2

    as Bananan

  8. 2005

    Garpastum

    as Osip Mandelstam

  9. 1992

  10. 1987

    Assa

    as Бананан

  11. 1986

    Dialogues

    as Self

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