Video: Living with History in the Russian Pavilion of the 2016 Venice Biennale
In his latest video, Jesús Granada visits the Russian Pavilion, ?VDNh?, at the 2016 Venice Biennale. In the clip, viewers are introduced to the pavilion?s curator, Sergey Kuznetsov, who explains that ?VDNh? is an acronym for a large area of Moscow known as Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva or Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. Kuznetsov describes the territory as ?[an] advertisement for the Soviet Union lifestyle?[meant] to meld lots of people and one nation."
In his latest video, Jesús Granada visits the Russian Pavilion, ?VDNh?, at the 2016 Venice Biennale. In the clip, viewers are introduced to the pavilion?s curator, Sergey Kuznetsov, who explains that ?VDNh? is an acronym for a large area of Moscow known as Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva or Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. Kuznetsov describes the territory as ?[an] advertisement for the Soviet Union lifestyle?[meant] to meld lots of people and one nation."The VDNh exhibition was originally made possible through the work of local architects, artists, sculptors, graphic designers, and others, but was nearly demolished after the fall of Communism in the early 1990s, as part a plan to fill the territory with more ordinary spaces meant to fuel a burgeoning consumer culture. In 2014, the government of the city of Moscow took control of the VDNh site, renovating it for cultural programs, educational functions, sporting events, and leisure ac...
In his latest video, Jesús Granada visits the Russian Pavilion, ?VDNh?, at the 2016 Venice Biennale. In the clip, viewers are introduced to the pavilion?s curator, Sergey Kuznetsov, who explains that ?VDNh? is an acronym for a large area of Moscow known as Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva or Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. Kuznetsov describes the territory as ?[an] advertisement for the Soviet Union lifestyle?[meant] to meld lots of people and one nation."The VDNh exhibition was originally made possible through the work of local architects, artists, sculptors, graphic designers, and others, but was nearly demolished after the fall of Communism in the early 1990s, as part a plan to fill the territory with more ordinary spaces meant to fuel a burgeoning consumer culture. In 2014, the government of the city of Moscow took control of the VDNh site, renovating it for cultural programs, educational functions, sporting events, and leisure ac...
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