World Photo Classics in Gallery of Classic Photo
CLASSICS OF THE WORLD PHOTO
This photo exhibition takes place in Moscow Gallery of Classic Photo. It’s devided on two parts- ‘original copy’ and ‘ subjective true of color.
The first part of the exhibition is full with ideal quality photos of such geniuses of photography as Henri Chartier-Bresson, Josef Koudelka, Lee Friedländer, Sebastian Salgado, August Sander and many other great masters of the XX century, whose work is known throughout the world. the spirit captures from such plenty of masterpieces.
The second part is about the whole spectrum of technologies and creative concepts color photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is an excursion into the history of experiments with color photos from the origin to the end of the last century. Lumiere brothers autochromes , provocative work of Martin Parr, soft colors in the pictures of Saul Leiter and historically subtle color scheme in photographs Prokudin-Gorskiy.
So the exhibition is very fascinating to see world masterpieces, enjoy
Chermenina Alina,
L4
ARCTICA in MMAM
ARCTICA
Project 'Arctica', which is in the MMAM, tells about the most important events related to the development of the Arctic in the first half of the 20th century, namely all the expeditions, investigations, discoveries, feats, human courage and endless thirst for adventures and unknown.
It was incredible to see the fragments from the first documentary film about Arctic, created in 1912 by Nikolay Pinegin, staff photographer in famous expedition of Georgy Sedov to the north pole.
Also the exhibition shows short film 'Underwater cloud', as well as unique video by Sergey Shestakov "Dive into space", made in 3D format, which was created during the Russian polar expedition "North Pole 2010", setting a world record the duration of the program and the number of underwater diving in the North plus. First video shows what no one had never seen before - the underwater part of the iceberg hidden under a layer of water.
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So all in all very fascinating and cognitive exhibition, leaving a vivid impression and food for thought.
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Chermenina Alina,
L4
Exhibition of alternative and historical photo processes
This fall there was a worth noting exhibition in my home town Zelenograd. 19 photographers from many russian cities showed more then 100 beautiful photo-works in various alternative techniques. Among them Lith-print, cyanotype, platinum-palladium, ziatype print, gum arabic print, ambrotype, polaroid lift and other rarely used and forgotten photo-processes.
Basilica Cistern: transformation from functionality to aesthetics
I decided to write
about Basilica Cistern because I really think that it is one of the most incredible and mystical
place that I have ever visited. Now, some unusual historical details.
Art exhibition "The diversity of unity. The territory of the subtle energies". MSU
Art exhibition "The diversity of unity. The territory of the subtle energies", passing at MSU December 3, represents a new direction in art - Systematism.
Inspired by the Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century, the well-known contemporary artists Dmitry Gaev-Orlov and Andrei Vereshchagin have established scientific-research art to the viewers of the exhibition.
Architectural Bureau "Ostozhenka". 25 Years
The
exhibition called “Architectural Bureau Ostozhenka. 25 Years” in Schusev State
Museum of Architecture might not be what one would expect. The whole exhibition
fits in a small basement room all covered with printed square photos, which
show the history of bureau and video journals.
Cube Houses by architect Piet Blom
The Cube Houses is
one of the famous places in Rotterdam. Designer Piet Blom created this amazing constriction
on top of a pedestrian bridge. The idea of these houses is to create a forest.
Each house with cube form on the top illustrates one tree. There are 38 cubes
which stick to each other.
It is possible to visit one of these houses where you can explore extraordinary interior. The first floor is entrance, the second floor consists of living room and kitchen, on third floor you can find bedroom and bathroom, on top floor arrange sofas, probably for tourist to rest and take a photo from the top. All the walls and windows are angled, also the ceilings.
The atmosphere in the
house is kind of strange, but not necessary the negative feelings or emotions,
it is just unusual and exciting. I recommend visit this place because it turn
your imagination up side down.
Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde. Collaboration of two powerful artists.
The exhibition that took place in Pushkin Museum was devoted to works by the brightests artists of their time : Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. For the first look it was rather logical to exhibit them under the same roof: both of them have much in common in the area of interests in their works.
Exhibition itself was located in four rather big rooms, each one of them was strongly emotionally connected to the previous one and helped you to dive in the atmosphere of England of that time.
So talking about the exhibition itself I was really impressed of the quality of the space, the artworks were hanged. As Beardsley mostly worked with ink and his illustrations are rather minimalistic in terms of colour, wall were painted white and pictures had a thin framing, which even looked better with illustrations, drawn on dark cream paper.
British Design: from William Morris to the digital revolution
What was design at the same beginning? The present age is not merely an epoch of discovery; it is also a period of revision of the various elements of knowledge. Humans everyday life is full of objects which are an essential all part of our life. Cars chairs mobile phones, bicycles, buildings- for human beings of 21st century it is a "norm". The design stated its life in the middle of the 19th century in Great Britain. At that period the perception of design stated its metamorphosis to contemporary one. Society started perceive the mass production. The reaction on the technological progress was the new movement "the movement of art and craft".
Unrealized Future
In the Schusev State Museum
of Architecture in Moscow there is a permanent exhibition, which presents the
Grand Kremlin model of am architect Vasily Bazhenov. This model changes the
idea of model-making itself. It seems impossible to create something so large
and detailed.
Quantum Entanglement
Semiconductor
At first time when you see the name of the exhibition you intuitively understand that it is about physical phenomenas.
Visitors can feel some kind of magic in the air around each showpiece, because each one of them presents something unique and unusual. The installations are presented in the best way because of the place, light, etc they've been placed in.
Product Designer's picnic in ANTONHOUSE
I visited a picnic in ANTONHOUSE - unique opportunity to see the newly
completed ARCHPOLE’s project. It is an event where everyone could spend the whole
day and explore the World of Russian Industrial Design. The World of Russian
Industrial Design was represented by several Russian companies: ARCHPOLE,
FINEOBJECTS, COOPERATIVE PIONEER , PLAYPLY, MECHANICAL WOOD SHESTЁRENKI, PLY.
Maurits Cornelis Escher. Moscow exhibition
Legendary artist - legendary works.
Dear colleagues, I suppose you all have been visited this exhibition in Moscow last December. Because, people who interested in space and volume can not pass by this amazing artist and his fascinating work. If you still have not got on this exhibition for some reasons, let me bring to your attention to my short review.
Illusion of light. Boris Tombak's photography.
I would like to allure your attention to this important aspect as architectural photography. Photographing architecture - is a specific and delicate task to which Boris Tombak found his approach.
Hats by Philip Treacy
Mind blowing samples of hats which played an important role in the fashion industry. A great deal of celebrities had an opportunity to wear one of his stunning designs. But I am not going to tell you about fashion, the main subject for me on each design exhibition is the place which have been chosen and how the things are decorated to represent the item in the best way.
The Chertkov house have been used as a classiс representation of gentle and posh design with impressive exterior what already create the mood before you enter.
Each room was illuminated with projectors for the walls and the actual samples to create a contrast and create the atmosphere in which products will look as beneficial as possible like in the showcase with jewelry. The interior's texture in the walls is emphasized with a blue light which from a far distance creates the plane background.
You might learn from the experience of the professionals how to represent work and recreate the existing structure so it will have a beneficial impact on your final target. It is a very wide topic which gives you opportunity to improve things or make them work.
Anastasia Sinitsyna, level 4
British Design: patterns
Absolutely stunning exhibition in Pushkin museum with a variety of samples dedicated to the theme of british design, where the most interesting was a corner with chandelier and a table underneath.
The lamp is an engraved spiderweb made out of steel by Tom Dickson and wooden binding created on laser cut with a glass on top by Menza project creating the unified concept which make sense only with the picture placed in between. The main concept which figured out by painting is the relation between science and nature. Starting from the beginning with a molecule devision you might notice how coffee table connected to the topic with the patterns constantly repeated on each side creating the solid version of something which looks naturally fragile. Chandelier on the top is made in s very similar manner with the use of complex structure where the same as on the first sample each detail slowly growing into another making the shape and form stainable. With a closer look to the pattern of separated steel pieces might notice the use of 3D grave on a 2D sample.
The room where British Design took place is small with a limited amount of items but what is precious is that each one of them should take your time to have a closer look to understand the purpose and meaning of how and those products have been made.
Anastasia Sinitsyna, level 4.
Moscow we have lost
Photo exhibition dedicated to the theme of old and new Moscow with examples of wilderness architectural buildings in comparison of what is formed on their places after being ruined.
Surely some of the examples does look more aesthetically pleasing to the audience and have greater historical impact such as GYM which have been placed instead of Upper Trading Rows. Despite the fact that this rows was important due to economical influence with retail and wholesale, architects did not change the concept dramatically but made the place look phenomenal.
Nevertheless, some of the samples did shock me to the very roots of one's being, where beautiful churches, historical monuments, was turned into ugly houses for people to live in or shopping centers.
In the small dark room at the corner visitors had an opportunity to watch an old film with scenes of how monuments and buildings have been first created and then destroyed. The most of the audience were driven into tears.
After the visit to the Moscow's Museum people have a good food for thoughts of what stands in priority to our city, how architects treat the surroundings and how we care about the history.
Anastasia Sinitsyna, level 4.
Burganov's House
‘Burganov’s
House’ is the Moscow State Museum which is located not far from Kropotkinskaya metro
station. The collection of this museum presents a big number of sculptures created
by Russian contemporary artist Alexander Burganov, his family and friends.
URBAN HACKING
I
would like to bring to your attention a lecture Florian Rivière,
french urban hacktivist. This is a story about how you can find in
the urban space ideas for fun, entertaining pastime thereby
discovering the hidden potential of the surrounding urban objects.
" School of Athens"
Pechersky gallery presents an installation " School of Athens"
by artist Roman Sakin.
At first I couldn't tune in perception that kind of scene, as, for
example you couldn't adjust the binoculars at once see something far away or
something tiny. But in a minute I've
felt harmony and logic of the
installation.
It's so fragile and delicate, it has aesthetics of anemia and
health department, but it worth to be seen, because it's so pure and
whole-hearted.
The artist explains his work as a research of the emergence of mind in the universe. He divided the space of installation on three areas - for studying, sleeping and eating. The artist shows all the process that take place in these spaces from the point of view of geometry and Pythagoras' principles.
Roman Sakin has investigated law of universe and
retells it by his own art language. Drawings, models show role of mind in
universe and in human life - consumption of food, the production of food, the
act of sleeping and learning.
In general the exhibition gives expression of amazing harmony. All the
things are placed particularly on their places and they seem to be a united
system, a special world.
It's Amazing and strange exhibition as, say, animated geometry textbook, which living and breathing
quietly.
Really great.
Dina Gordienko
Level 4
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