The Biennale is an international arts festival held every two years. The «Golden Bee, ” in which I participated, is a global competition for poster design that brings together artists from nearly one hundred countries. This year, the Biennale featured a special category called „Letatlin, ” dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Vladimir Tatlin—a pivotal figure in the Russian avant-garde who experimented with form, dynamism, and the concept of flight.
Photograph from a class session in the poster lab; «Lighthouse» poster
In the poster lab, I created a poster titled «Lighthouse.» I based the grid on blocks from Tatlin’s Tower, added colors frequently found in the artist’s work, and transformed the blocks into words that fly from bottom to top, creating a sense of dynamic movement. The overall silhouette formed a lighthouse with a beam of light made up of simple forms.
My poster made it through the selection process this summer and became a finalist in the «LeTatlín» category of the «Golden Bee» Biennale. It was included among the top 30 works for that category, and these thirty posters were sent to the «LeTatlín» festival. The exhibition took place on August 15th at «Wind Park"—an art space on an open riverbank slope where the posters were displayed on fabric stands, catching the wind. The work transcended being a static object and entered into a dialogue with nature, which I believe was the most valuable moment of the entire project, allowing the theme to unfold completely.
From October 7th to November 1st, the poster and its second version will also be featured in the exhibition at the Davydkovo Gallery, part of the Moscow Exhibition Halls Association.
