In sci-fi movies and books where the plot forces mankind to leave Earth and settle on new planets, the world is often portrayed as one of two opposites: a high-tech, organized realm of machines - or a post-apocalyptic wasteland with few reminders of former life. "Future dwelling" presented by the creative group GrOM, combines these futuristic fantasies.
The exhibition features large-sized digital works depicting familiar spaces - a library, a fitness center, a supermarket, a doctor's office, and so on. The interiors are mostly familiar to the eye, but beyond them you can see the spaces of worlds that mankind has yet to explore. The photographs are made in the traditions of the Düsseldorf school of photography: large size, plenty of details, which due to the sharp focus cause dizziness, computer correction (some works are created with the help of artificial intelligence). In many works there is a sculpture reminiscent of Vladimir Tatlin's tower with the sphere of the Earth above it. In the early XX century, the avant-garde artist created a monument to the Third International as a symbol of the unification of workers. At the beginning of the XXI century, the object makes us think about the need to unite mankind to preserve civilization in the world of the future.
The creative group GrOM - an association that includes photographer Olga Michi, photography historian Alexei Loginov and art historian Artem Loginov - formed in 2020, and in 2021 presented a collaborative art project, ‘Future dwelling’. The exhibition also showcases Aristarkh Chernyshev's objects and a work created in collaboration with Alexey Shulgin.
