"All things Past: Theory and Practise of Public history" is a non-fiction publication we at Fox and owl studio worked on in spring 2021. Leo came up with the ideas and I've illustrated them. The book consists of a series of chapters in which the authors talk about the usage of the past in different media, spheres of life, and research fields, such as theatre, music, literature, video games, cinema, gender studies, memory politics, and others. Here is how its editors, AndreI Zavadski and Vera Dubina, formulate the aim of the book: "The past is key to how we understand ourselves. Perhaps today it is even more important than ever before: it is in the past that we are increasingly seeking explanations of the present and visions of the future. What role does public history play in this? Creators of public history projects are tasked with making the past more relatable without simplifying it or compromising its otherness. To date, despite an upsurge in public history projects, there has been no Russian-language handbook that could serve as an introduction into public history as a discipline. The collective monograph "All Things Past: Theory and Practice of Public History" (Vse v proshlom: teoriya i praktika publichnoi istorii) aims to fill this gap." Each chapter of the book is quirkily illustrated to balance the seriousness of the subject. Andrei Zavadski and Vera Dubina (eds) (2021). Vse v proshlom: teoriya i praktika publichnoi istorii [All Things Past: Theory and Practice of Public History]. Moscow, Novoe izdatelstvo
Yay, the book is out now! the cover is the only illustration I didn't draw, we couldn't come to an agreement with the publisher on what it should look like. On the right is my favourite illustration of the publication (it has pigeons))))
The Gender discourse chapter illustration, showing 3 greek-like statues with an inscription at the base saying Queer, queer, queer
The Alternative history chapter illustration presenting a mausoleum with Nikolay the second inscription instead of Lenin, who, in this reality, never fathered the revolution
Details of the layout and an illustration on Journalism and how it portrays collective memory; a group of journalists gathered around the first man to see the Earth from space and giving the comment on the round shape of the planet. Everyone takes different notes, like "flat" or "large"
Essays in the book induced a series of discussions held by Garage Museum. Some of these talks are in public access:
Discussion on How Music Forms Collective Memory
Discussion on Cultural Memory and Fiction in Literature
Discussion on How We Never Spoke about Gender
