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Katharina Gruzei
Mir Metro
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Texts by: Anna Bronovitskaya, Valentin Diaconov, Boris Groys, Katharina Gruzei, Abigail Solomon-Godeau
Graphic Design: Christian Konrad
English, German, Russian
November 2021,
496
Pages, 445 Photos
Linen Hardcover
250mm x
326mm
ISBN:
978-3-7757-5083-7
| Underground Palaces
The Moscow Metro is a unique place. With a network of 400 kilometers of lines, exceptionally deep tunnels and stations, and nearly nine million passengers a day, it is one of the most heavily frequented underground subway systems in the world. Katharina Gruzei explored it over several years and now presents an aesthetically fascinating and socioculturally remarkable photographic survey. Ideologically charged and symbolic of Russia's eventful history, the Metro was started as a prestige project and simultaneously conceived to also be used as a bunker. It was always intended as a place for people to congregate and is still today a living space where social, political and societal tendencies are made legible. With her photo series, the artist enables an extraordinary journey through time and space in the underground of Moscow, a metropolis of millions.
KATHARINA GRUZEI (*1983) studied fine arts at the University of Art in Linz and the University of the Arts Berlin. She lives and works in Linz and Vienna as a freelance artist specializing in the media of photography, video, film, sound, and installation.
KATHARINA GRUZEI (*1983) studied fine arts at the University of Art in Linz and the University of the Arts Berlin. She lives and works in Linz and Vienna as a freelance artist specializing in the media of photography, video, film, sound, and installation.
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