The protective mesh covering the building during renovation became a surface for revealing its past. A pattern of old wallpapers was transferred onto the mesh, bringing the private history of the house and its residents into the public space. This intervention addressed themes of time, memory, and disappearance. The drawing was subtle—visible only to those who came close and paid attention. Like the original wallpapers hidden beneath layers of renovation, the mesh and its image were temporary, disappearing once the reconstruction was complete.
Materials:
Construction safety mesh, stencil, spray paint, embroidery
Construction safety mesh, stencil, spray paint, embroidery
Dimensions:
1500 x 450 cm
1500 x 450 cm
Place:
9 Tchaikovsky St, Saint Petersburg, Russia
9 Tchaikovsky St, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The words embroidered: Good morning, good night.
The Wallpaper Installation was made as part of the Subcultural Landscape Project, which took place in 3 stages in St. Petersburg from October 2021 to October 2022:
October 15-21, 2021
— Subcultural Landscape - an exhibition-laboratory with the presentation of sketches of projects;
— Subcultural Landscape - an exhibition-laboratory with the presentation of sketches of projects;
December 15-26, 2021
— Subcultural Landscape vol.2 - an exhibition with the presentation of works made in the material and ready to be placed in the city;
— Subcultural Landscape vol.2 - an exhibition with the presentation of works made in the material and ready to be placed in the city;
June 15 — October 15, 2022
— Summer Route is the final part of the Subcultural Landscape Project, within which the works of artists students of the Stieglitz Academy are placed in the historical center of St. Petersburg.
— Summer Route is the final part of the Subcultural Landscape Project, within which the works of artists students of the Stieglitz Academy are placed in the historical center of St. Petersburg.
For the second exhibition, a sample mesh was prepared with a pattern and embroidery applied to it.
Sketches-visualizations of the project in the city
"The Wallpaper" installation was developed for the Subcultural Landscape project. It is a joint project of the 3rd Curatorial Forum supported by the North-West Branch of the Pushkin State Museum (NCCA St. Petersburg), the Foundation for Support of Innovations and Youth Initiatives of St. Petersburg, the Stieglitz Academy and the Friends of Petersburg social project of PJSC Gazprom. The project is being implemented in several stages: selection of participants based on an open portfolio competition, master classes and workshops for participants, development of sketches, exhibition, work on sketches in the material, coordination of work with city committees and placement of objects in the urban environment.
Curators of the project:
Pokras Lampas – artist, representative of contemporary calligraphy, and founder of Calligrafuturism.
Anna Zavediy – curator of special programs at the Curatorial Forum, head of special programs at the Northwestern branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
Kirill Spasskov – artist, head of the Department of Artistic Metalwork at the Stieglitz Academy.
Anna Zavediy – curator of special programs at the Curatorial Forum, head of special programs at the Northwestern branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
Kirill Spasskov – artist, head of the Department of Artistic Metalwork at the Stieglitz Academy.
