“Moskow-Pietushki” was created in 2015 as a master thesis project. It is based on a novel by Russian writer Venedikt Erofeev, which is a monologue of an alcoholic intellectual on his train journey to utopian town of Pietushki. The book has a strong tendency to use biblical phrases and therefore some literary critics described it as a new russian Bible. From this assumption, however controversial, came the idea for the design.
Medieval subtle page design was combined with strong linocut elements in order to create an impression of disquiting contrast. The 70-page long text was decorated with linocut “droleries” – in medieval books this was the name for small illustrations covering the margins. The drunkard’s monologue mentions more than a hundred writers, musicians, artists and politicians, whos minuscule portraits were placed along the columns of text. The linocut prints used as illustrations were pasted into the laser printed book. The binding was the artist’s work and the paper used for the cover was handmade as well.
The project received a top mark after the master thesis public defence in the BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice in June 2015.
This project was created in 2015.
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