Mayakovsky
Location: Central Pavillion, VDNKh Dates: September 2015 This projection visually transformed a historic building in Moscow and won the Grand Prix of the international festival “Circle of Light 2015”. The perfomance is dedicated to the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose poetry acts as a soundtrack for the show. The imagery is a minimalistic but complex combination of video footage, CGI and textual visuals. The screenplay is divided into three parts: 1. Old World — Revolution In this part the viewer sees an era of Tsarist Russia shortly before its fall. The façade of the palace is projected, which deteriorates in seconds. It swells down like paraffin candles. At some point a huge figure of Mayakovsky shatters the palace. 2. New World — Structure Built from scratch. Words and objects in the style of suprematism are used as blocks for construction. A new world is being built based on poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky. The content shifts from smooth lines to more acute forms. Tatlin's Tower reveals from the depths of the Earth. It perfectly falls under the architecture of the building. 3. World, where he won’t be Heavy units of the Soviet Empire style start to cover this reality. Mayakovsky continues to build his world, but lacking the inspiration. In the end the viewer sees the same 1. Pavilion, which completely covers the "new world" of Mayakovsky. Only huge legs/feet are seen through. Mayakovsky is so big that he couldn’t fit into the new reality. He eventually freezes like the monument on the Mayakosvky square. Vladimir Mayakosvky is the biggest poet of the 20th century, and one with a very complex fate. Chained within a statue on a square named after him, he still looks harshly upon everyone. A rebel in a yellow vest: the first rock star of the USSR, a poet, an artist, a director and a wild romantic. With his art he participated in the creation of a utopia that ultimately swallowed him at the end. We're in the right era to remember this great poet. Starring: Yury Kolokolnikov as Mayakovsky Creative Director: Alexander Us Co-author: Alexander Shein Producers: Alexey Rozov, Denis Astakhov Art Director: Ilya Balakin Project Manager: Sveta Yermolayeva Supervisor: Maxim Chepukhalin Designers: Oleg Barankin, Danil Tabacari, Sergey Maslov, Vitaly Babich, Maxim Bitiukov, Arthur Kondrashenkov, Denis Sidorenko, Vitaly Zykov, Vlad Kiselev, Daria Shurkina, Kostia Zankov, Adeliya Koldarova Sound Design: ::vtol:: Filming Crew: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov Editing: Evgeny Arkhipov
Location: Central Pavillion, VDNKh Dates: September 2015 This projection visually transformed a historic building in Moscow and won the Grand Prix of the international festival “Circle of Light 2015”. The perfomance is dedicated to the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose poetry acts as a soundtrack for the show. The imagery is a minimalistic but complex combination of video footage, CGI and textual visuals. The screenplay is divided into three parts: 1. Old World — Revolution In this part the viewer sees an era of Tsarist Russia shortly before its fall. The façade of the palace is projected, which deteriorates in seconds. It swells down like paraffin candles. At some point a huge figure of Mayakovsky shatters the palace. 2. New World — Structure Built from scratch. Words and objects in the style of suprematism are used as blocks for construction. A new world is being built based on poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky. The content shifts from smooth lines to more acute forms. Tatlin's Tower reveals from the depths of the Earth. It perfectly falls under the architecture of the building. 3. World, where he won’t be Heavy units of the Soviet Empire style start to cover this reality. Mayakovsky continues to build his world, but lacking the inspiration. In the end the viewer sees the same 1. Pavilion, which completely covers the "new world" of Mayakovsky. Only huge legs/feet are seen through. Mayakovsky is so big that he couldn’t fit into the new reality. He eventually freezes like the monument on the Mayakosvky square. Vladimir Mayakosvky is the biggest poet of the 20th century, and one with a very complex fate. Chained within a statue on a square named after him, he still looks harshly upon everyone. A rebel in a yellow vest: the first rock star of the USSR, a poet, an artist, a director and a wild romantic. With his art he participated in the creation of a utopia that ultimately swallowed him at the end. We're in the right era to remember this great poet. Starring: Yury Kolokolnikov as Mayakovsky Creative Director: Alexander Us Co-author: Alexander Shein Producers: Alexey Rozov, Denis Astakhov Art Director: Ilya Balakin Project Manager: Sveta Yermolayeva Supervisor: Maxim Chepukhalin Designers: Oleg Barankin, Danil Tabacari, Sergey Maslov, Vitaly Babich, Maxim Bitiukov, Arthur Kondrashenkov, Denis Sidorenko, Vitaly Zykov, Vlad Kiselev, Daria Shurkina, Kostia Zankov, Adeliya Koldarova Sound Design: ::vtol:: Filming Crew: Evgeny Arkhipov, Anton Arkhipov Editing: Evgeny Arkhipov