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1995 poster for “The Beer Lovers’ Party.” Is this serious? This is serious!”
A poster, rendered in the style of Soviet agit-prop, but promoting the “Beer Lovers’ Party.”
The Democratic Choice of Russia—United Democrats campaign for Duma seats in 1995
Ahead of the 1995 Duma elections, the Democratic Choice of Russia—United Democrats party released a promotional poster depicting a stream of people entering a giant pack of Belomor Canal cigarettes.
Megapolis-Ekspress: Urban Exoticism and National Pride
Igor Dudinsky takes over the magazine Megapolis-ekspress and turns it into an extreme and surreal parody of the lowest and most excessively sensationalist forms of Western tabloids.
Transilvania Speaking (On Radio 101 FM)
The cult radio program Transilvania bespokoit (Transilvania speaking) creates an alternative musical canon and produces a new nationalist counterpublic.
Novikov's "New Russian Classicism"
Timur Novikov’s essay and manifesto, “The New Russian Classicism” as an exponent of pop culture, fashion, and totalitarianism.
Lenin Was a Mushroom
An excerpt from the famous episode of the TV show "Piatoe koleso" (The Fifth Wheel) in which the experimental musician and performer Sergey Kuryokhin (1954-1996) nearly convinced Soviet audiences that "Lenin was a mushroom."