News: Futurism poster exhibition in Moscow
received from Natalia Rizdvenko

Poster by Andrew Lewis

The poster exhibition ALIVE KRUCHENYKH! is dedicated to Futurism or, if being precisely, to Russian Futurism and one of its central figure Alexey Kruchenykh. He wrote such a "trifle high brow" or zaum poetry meaning literally "beyond sense" . Actually he created new language - zaum language which was the phenomenon in the world literature. ALIVE KRUCHENYKH! Exhibition of modern posters for the 125th anniversary of the birthday of Alexei Kruchenykh. State Museum of Mayakovsky, Moscow, March 29 - 30, 2011 Curators: Natalia Rizdvenko Serge Serov As futurists once expanded feature of the book, turning it into an instrument of the artist as a poster now ceased to be the only source of information, much less visual aids, and became self-sufficient form of artistic expression. Reason for the artistic gesture - the anniversary of Alexei Kruchenykh, one of the brightest representatives of Russian Futurism. Absurdity in life, Zaum language as a way of expanding the borders of typography, deconstruction as a way of creation of a new, zaum as attitude to life - for these and other topics reflect the leading Russian and International designers. Personal vision, creating and expanding their own contexts, a tendency to experiment brings them closer to Kruchenykh for whom the extension was the main idea of his creation. Designers participating in the project: Pekka Loiri (Finland) Boris Trofimov (Russia) Andrew Lewis (Canada) Andrey Logvin (Russia) Yuri Gulitov (Russia) Dmitry Kavko (Russia) Erken Kagarov (Russia) Faldin Family (Russia) Serge Zheglo (Russia) Andrew Kulagin (Russia) Alexander & Anna Tolstikova (Russia)