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Long Live PaperLessLit
Soviet paper shortages, new computer technologies, and the lifting of censorship come together in an unexpected way in this proposal to preserve manuscripts of unpublished authors for posterity.
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TV Commercials for the MMM Pyramid Scheme
A series of 15-second TV spots advertising post-Soviet Russia's most successful pyramid scheme, MMM. The scheme's popularity derived from the simple action-reward structure of the TV spots, which presented a simultaneously winking and sincere vision of capitalist utopia.
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“Go buy some food… for the last time!”
An anti-Zyuganov campaign poster from the 1996 Yeltsin re-election campaign.
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Kommersant Board Game
Kommersant attempted to represent the 90s market economy via a Monopoly-like of two economies, an inner and an outer, with racketeering as a recurring threat.
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Listyev's Russian Liberals on "Chas Pik"
An excerpt from a compilation of memorable moments with Vladislav Listyev (1956-1995) and his liberal guests on "Chas Pik," aired in the week after his murder.
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"LoveIs" gum insert
"LoveIs" gum insert. Image shows a man and woman walking somewhere. The English text reads: "taking him/her to the place you lived before marrying". The Russian text reads: "Showing her your future marriage house". LoveIs featured Kim Casali's syndicated cartoon "Love Is", however the explosion in similarly adorned gum included everything from film stills from the Godfather and Jurassic Park to pornography.
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