Volgograd of the futureExhibition · Volgograd, Rechport · 2024
My city many centuries from now. No catastrophe.
Three A1 posters for the "Volgograd of the future" show: a positive dystopia where the river station's "puck" and the Stalingrad Panorama are monuments, and the city grew into nature.
Came up with the series and made three pieces: concept, generation, finishing for A1 print and the author's text for the hall.
Two ways to draw the future
Based on the author's commentary for the exhibition- Glass and skyscrapers instead of old neighborhoods
- The past torn down for the new
- Nature pushed out of the city
The cityscape flows straight into the natural one. Landmark buildings stay where they are, only time and grass have turned them into monuments of a bygone era and lessons from the past.
How a city recognizes itself centuries later
The posters hung in Volgograd for locals. So the silhouettes of the "puck" and the Panorama rotunda read at first glance. Only time, light and the nature around them change.
An A1 poster at 300 dpi is 7017 by 9933 pixels. No generator outputs that much, so each piece was upscaled and retouched to print quality.
Instead of flying cars, quiet scenes: two elderly people on the embankment looking at the city, a figure in the grass by the Panorama. The person is small, time is big.
What was at the exhibition
The embankment, the river station "puck" and the Stalingrad Battle Panorama.
A separate hall of the "Through Designers' Eyes" exhibition, at Rechport.
The carousel "Volgograd. 386 Years Later" with close-ups.
