Exhibition
Power and Architecture
12 Jun 2016 – 09 Oct 2016
Calvert 22 Foundation
London, United Kingdom
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Eric Lusito, Site 131, 2nd Guards Tank Division, Mongolia, from the Traces of the Soviet Empire series (2009)
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Vahram Aghasyan, from the Ghost City series (2005-07)
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Danila Tkachenko, Headquarters of Communist Party. Bulgaria, Yugoiztochen region, from the Restricted Areas series (2015)
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Anton Ginzburg, still from Turo (2016), digital video, sound, 35 min
Exhibition
Power and Architecture part 2: Dead space and ruins
7 Jul 2016 – 7 Aug 2016
Event times
Wed – Sun, 12 – 6pm
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 22 Calvert Avenue
- Shoreditch
- London
- EC2 7JP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 55, 48, 242, 78, 47, 26, 67, 149, 243, 8, 35, 135, 388
- 1 minute walk from Shoreditch High Street
- 10 minute walk from Liverpool Street or Old Street
Event map
The Power and Architecture season continues with four artists working in photography and film who explore the "dead space" left in the wake of the quest for progress.
About
"Dead space and ruins" is the second instalment of Power and Architecture, a season on utopian public space and the quest for new national identities across the post-Soviet world.
Join us for the late opening on Thursday, 7 July, 6 - 9 pm as part of First Thursdays: https://www.facebook.com/events/1655391001367054/
In "Dead space and ruins", four artists working with photography and film present the decaying architectural reminiscence of the Soviet vision. With work taking inspiration from across the vast landscape of the former Soviet Union, these artists will explore the “dead space” left in the wake of the quest for progress.
Eric Lusito maps what remained of the militaristic power of the USSR from eastern Europe to eastern Siberia. His photographic series Traces of the Soviet Empirecatalogues the haunting ruins of former bases, monuments and equipment from length and breadth of the empire.
In Restricted Areas, Danila Tkachenko presents us with the “utopian strive of humans for technological progress”[1]. The artist travelled to sites embodying this quest for advancement, not found on any map or travel guide; these behemoths lie forgotten and decomposing in the frozen tundra.
Turo by Anton Ginzburg investigates post-Soviet geography and icons of constructivist architecture. The four chapters of the film explore different landmarks of Soviet modernism such as the Narkomfin building and ZIL, while proposing alternate futures for these and other settings through virtual, video game-like environments.
Vahram Aghasyan reminds us of the many examples of deserted urban areas across the Soviet Empire. Through economic meltdown, natural disaster or industrial catastrophe, Ghost City references the disregarded buildings that used to form towns in parts of the vast Soviet landscape.
[1] http://www.danilatkachenko.com/projects/restricted-areas/
