Poster for the 1917-2017 100th anniversary for the revolution in Russia world exhibition tour special project at the Golden Bee 13 Global Biennale of Graphic Design.
Poster I designed, represents the ideological division of the two historical periods represented by Lenin and Putin in a context where no official truth exists today on historical events, "cards" have been mixed for political interest reasons.
Poster I designed, represents the ideological division of the two historical periods represented by Lenin and Putin in a context where no official truth exists today on historical events, "cards" have been mixed for political interest reasons.
Tragedy or triumph? Russians agonise over how to mark 1917 revolutions.
Can Putin’s divided Russia be reconciled in remembrance as it marks the centenary of the 1917 revolutions?
The event, in which hundreds of modern Moscow’s artistic and creative elite dressed as tsarist-era aristocrats, ate black caviar by the spoonful and drank champagne, was the launch party for an ambitious new project designed to bring the events of 1917 to life for modern Russians 100 years later.
In this context, 1917 is problematic. On the one hand, the Soviet state that came from the revolution was the one that won the war and whose military and scientific achievements Putin thinks should be venerated. But on the other hand Putin has elevated “stability” to being one of the key tenets of his rule, and as such celebrating a revolution goes against the very grain of his political philosophy.
2017, will mark the 100th anniversary of the February and October revolutions.
For one group of people, the revolution was the death knell of Great Russia For many other people, the Soviet past was the best time of their lives.
“There is no officially approved narrative of 1917; it’s too difficult and complicated,” said Mikhail Zygar, the journalist who is running the reconstruction project. “But it’s a very important period to help understand what’s happening in Russia now, and very important for the national consciousness.”
“Vladimir Putin cannot compare himself to Nicholas II, nor to Lenin nor to Kerensky, because that is not Russian history to be proud of,” said Mikhail Zygar, a Russian journalist and the author of a best-selling book, “All the Kremlin’s Men,” which details the inner workings of the Putin government. “In terms of 1917, nothing can be used as a propaganda tool.”
Can Putin’s divided Russia be reconciled in remembrance as it marks the centenary of the 1917 revolutions?
The event, in which hundreds of modern Moscow’s artistic and creative elite dressed as tsarist-era aristocrats, ate black caviar by the spoonful and drank champagne, was the launch party for an ambitious new project designed to bring the events of 1917 to life for modern Russians 100 years later.
In this context, 1917 is problematic. On the one hand, the Soviet state that came from the revolution was the one that won the war and whose military and scientific achievements Putin thinks should be venerated. But on the other hand Putin has elevated “stability” to being one of the key tenets of his rule, and as such celebrating a revolution goes against the very grain of his political philosophy.
2017, will mark the 100th anniversary of the February and October revolutions.
For one group of people, the revolution was the death knell of Great Russia For many other people, the Soviet past was the best time of their lives.
“There is no officially approved narrative of 1917; it’s too difficult and complicated,” said Mikhail Zygar, the journalist who is running the reconstruction project. “But it’s a very important period to help understand what’s happening in Russia now, and very important for the national consciousness.”
“Vladimir Putin cannot compare himself to Nicholas II, nor to Lenin nor to Kerensky, because that is not Russian history to be proud of,” said Mikhail Zygar, a Russian journalist and the author of a best-selling book, “All the Kremlin’s Men,” which details the inner workings of the Putin government. “In terms of 1917, nothing can be used as a propaganda tool.”
