Projects for the Reconstruction of the Firmament

Francisco Infante was born in 1943 in Russia of a Russian mother and a Spanishfather. He attended Moscow Art Schoolfrom 1956 until 1962, when he became a member of the Movement Group and began producing mobile and kinetic artworks inspired by the autonomous idea of infinity. Since 1968, he has constructed environmental installations with his wife, artist Nonna Goriunova. In 1970 he organized theArgo Group, which has realized eight projects involving artificial kinetic environments placed in nature. Since 1976 he has been working with projects that he calls Artifacts. He lives and works in Moscow.-Ed.