I didn't know very much about former Soviet architecture for a long time.
I was just overwhelmed by H. R. Giger's creations, the legendary extraterrestrial spaceship in Alien, George Lucas' new Worlds and vehicles in the Star Wars saga, etc. The more extraordinary, unusual or strange a building, an interior space, a place or an object in a movie is, the more fascinated i was. Not just in movies, also on posters, paintings or sculptures.
I got a glimpse at one of these, mostly russian, buildings from time to time. But there was one book, Frédéric Chaubin's "Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed", that really electrified me, when i was browsing an art and design book shop with my girlfriend in London. It opened my eyes and i was just stunned by all these strange, mighty, incredible visions that became reality in several former UdSSR republics.
So, my first issue in this blog will be these silent, lonely giants.
It's very difficult to describe the atmosphere that surrounds them. When I look at them, a lot of other fictional objects, characters, moods and stories are crossing my mind.
At the end, i could just write about these fragments, pieces of dreams or impressions, when I see these buildings and constructions.
(All pictures below are taken by Photographer Frédéric Chaubin, released in his book CCCP - Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed, in 2011)
I got a glimpse at one of these, mostly russian, buildings from time to time. But there was one book, Frédéric Chaubin's "Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed", that really electrified me, when i was browsing an art and design book shop with my girlfriend in London. It opened my eyes and i was just stunned by all these strange, mighty, incredible visions that became reality in several former UdSSR republics.
So, my first issue in this blog will be these silent, lonely giants.
It's very difficult to describe the atmosphere that surrounds them. When I look at them, a lot of other fictional objects, characters, moods and stories are crossing my mind.
At the end, i could just write about these fragments, pieces of dreams or impressions, when I see these buildings and constructions.
(All pictures below are taken by Photographer Frédéric Chaubin, released in his book CCCP - Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed, in 2011)
I'd like to share this with you on my blog. Enjoy!
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| Drzhuba Holiday Center Hall (Ukraine) |
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| Soviet embassy in Havana |
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| Institute of Scientific Research, Kiev |
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| Central Research and Design Institute for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, St.Petersburg |
