MELNIKOV'S EYES

The installation by Artem Stefanov for the City Day reflects the concept of the holiday - "Moscow through its own eyes." The nine-layered figure allows one to view the city from the perspective of the great Soviet architect Konstantin Melnikov - the planner of Gorky Park and many other monuments of Soviet architecture during the constructivist era.

Melnikov's projects became renowned for their innovative nature, and his works in Gorky Park were no exception: it was he who devised the idea that in front of you, there would be gates, behind them - flower beds, and a little further - a fountain. Melnikov's ideas made the Park in the 1930s a model for urban spaces throughout the USSR. The image of the ideal recreational place was carefully preserved by the park's management, regardless of the eras. This is precisely why almost a hundred years later, Gorky Park remains a platform for experiments, reflecting the spirit of the times, a place for the realization of bold architectural projects, and the most advanced park in Russia that defines the development direction of all public spaces.

55.731279, 37.603274

7,32 x 8,54 x 2,82 m

Moscow Through Its Own Eyes

Curated: Michael Gannushkin

Producer: Nadezhda Vasiakina

Special thx: Freak Fabrique, Alexey Korolev, Alisa Po

Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure

Moscow, 2018