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Panorama CPC December 2014 1 in the FIRST PERSON Nikolay Tokarev: “Transneft Highly Appreciates the Established Partner Relations”
December 2014 In Focus: CPC People p. 20–33 Contents: The General Director and Shareholders of the Consortium – on the results of 2014 6 p. 1–9 / Expansion Project: “We have learnt how to work together” 6 p. 10 / Year of Culture: A gift of new opportunities from CPC 6 p. 18 / About Love – in the female voice 6 p. 36 / Made in the USSR: the story of the construction of the first oil pipeline to the Black Sea 6 p. 40 IN THE FIRST PERSON Nikolay Brunich: “The 2014 Results: Call for Optimism.” DEAR COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, The passing year, 2014, was the Consortium’s head offi ce in rich in important events and Moscow. Large scale construction will defi nitely enter CPC’s work is under way at the existing history as an important one for facilities, and oil transportation the development of the whole is continually increasing. The Consortium. We have completed successful combination of Phase 1 Expansion Project expansion and operation is facilities and are proceeding possible because we are one confi dently with Phase 2. With team and are capable of almost Facilities). Yury Belov is a relative new facilities already in operation unspoken understanding. At newcomer to the Consortium, but we will be able to achieve a regular meetings with CPC he has managed to quickly blend considerable increase in the regional supervisors I always into the team and has shown him- pipeline system’s throughput see for myself that they are well self to be a good leader. Well done! capacity. Prior to expansion, aware of how things are on the A true leader leads by personal ex- the pipeline transported Expansion Project, and are fully ample and creates a sense of team approximately 30 mln t of oil in control of the situation. -
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Presents: Ugo Rondinone Your Age and My Age and the Age of the Rainbow Garage Square Commissions
GARAGE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART PRESENTS: UGO RONDINONE YOUR AGE AND MY AGE AND THE AGE OF THE RAINBOW GARAGE SQUARE COMMISSIONS March 10–May 21, 2017 Garage Museum of Contemporary Art presents a new work by Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964 in Brunnen, Switzerland, lives in New York), specifically created for Garage Square Commissions. The artist’s first project in Russia will consist of two interconnected pieces: an installation in front of the Museum, and an object on its rooftop. In Garage Square, visitors will find a one- hundred-meter-long fence supporting thousands of images of rainbows painted on wood panels by kids with various disabilities from all over the country. Garage Rooftop will also be host to a ten- meter long rainbow that spells out OUR MAGIC HOUR. This message celebrates the inauguration of the first Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, which is taking place simultaneously inside the Museum. Having emerged in Rondinone's work in 1997, first as a sculpture for a public space, the rainbow has since become one of his most recognizable images, a convergence of visual and poetic energies—according to the artist, each rainbow represents a complete work of poetry. When Rondinone made site visits to Moscow, he determined that public engagement would be one of the key aspects of the new work, as well as wanting to produce something that was responsive to the context of Garage. Acknowledging the Museum’s interest in developing country wide networks, he asked that his project should be far-reaching. Assisted by Garage’s Inclusive Program department, the artist engaged 1,500 children, including deaf and hard of hearing kids, as well as children in wheelchairs and with developmental disabilities, in nine cities across Russia: Moscow, St. -
Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovskii and His Influence on the Soviet Avant-Gavde
87T" ACSA ANNUAL MEETING 125 Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovskii and His Influence on the Soviet Avant-Gavde ELIZABETH C. ENGLISH University of Pennsylvania THE CONTEXT OF THE DEBATES BETWEEN Gogol and Nikolai Nadezhdin looked for ways for architecture to THE WESTERNIZERS AND THE SLAVOPHILES achieve unity out of diverse elements, such that it expressed the character of the nation and the spirit of its people (nnrodnost'). In the teaching of Modernism in architecture schools in the West, the Theories of art became inseparably linked to the hotly-debated historical canon has tended to ignore the influence ofprerevolutionary socio-political issues of nationalism, ethnicity and class in Russia. Russian culture on Soviet avant-garde architecture in favor of a "The history of any nation's architecture is tied in the closest manner heroic-reductionist perspective which attributes Russian theories to to the history of their own philosophy," wrote Mikhail Bykovskii, the reworking of western European precedents. In their written and Nikolai Dmitriev propounded Russia's equivalent of Laugier's manifestos, didn't the avantgarde artists and architects acknowledge primitive hut theory based on the izba, the Russian peasant's log hut. the influence of Italian Futurism and French Cubism? Imbued with Such writers as Apollinari Krasovskii, Pave1 Salmanovich and "revolutionary" fervor, hadn't they publicly rejected both the bour- Nikolai Sultanov called for "the transformation. of the useful into geois values of their predecessors and their own bourgeois pasts? the beautiful" in ways which could serve as a vehicle for social Until recently, such writings have beenacceptedlargelyat face value progress as well as satisfy a society's "spiritual requirements".' by Western architectural historians and theorists. -
Theories of Architecture Lecture-8- Architecture in the Beginnings of 20Th Century 1915- 1930
Theories of Architecture Lecture-8- Architecture in the beginnings of 20th century 1915- 1930 CONSTRUCTIVISM Prepared by Tara Azad Rauof This lecture Context: The Origin Characteristics of Constructivism A revolution in architecture Famous Constructivism Pioneers Constructivism [The Origin]: Constructivist architecture emerged from the wider constructivist art movement, which grew out of Russian Futurism in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 it turned its attentions to the new social demands and industrial tasks required of the new regime. Two distinguished approach emerged, the first was encapsulated in Antoine Pevsner's and Naum Gabo's Realist manifesto which was concerned with space and rhythm, the second represented those who argued for pure art and the Productivists, a more socially-oriented group who wanted this art to be absorbed in industrial production such as Vladimir Tatlin. A central aim of the Constructivists was instilling the avant-garde in everyday life. From 1927 they worked on projects for Workers' Clubs, communal leisure facilities usually built in factory districts. Among the most famous of these are the Kauchuk, Svoboda and Rusakov clubs. Characteristics of Constructivism: * Combined engineering and technology with political ideology. * Constructivist art had attempted to apply a three-dimensional cubist vision to wholly abstract non-objective 'constructions' with a characterized by movement element. * Technological details such as signs, and projection screens * Abstract geometric shapes. * Glass and steel * The term Constructivism has frequently been used since the 1920s, in a looser fashion, to evoke a continuing tradition of geometric abstract art constructed from autonomous visual elements such as lines and planes. -
Modernist Frontiers
PRESS RELEASE Modernist Frontiers – Then and now Avantgarde Kommunikation mbH is pleased to announce that its EXPO 2017 cooperation partner Garage will host the international architectural conference at EXPO 2017 | 22 – 23 July (Munich/Astana, 19 July 2017) On the occasion of the EXPO 2017 in Kazakhstan, this weekend the two- day international conference will take place at the Astana Contemporary Art Center. Initiated by Garage, the conference has been called to provide a context for discussion on Almaty’s modernist architecture (1960s–1980s), presenting it to the international expert community and launching a conservation campaign for this extremely important part of the former Kazakh capital’s architectural history. The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow and the Parisian museum Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais are cooperation partners of the international creative agency Avantgarde, which was commissioned with execution and overall coordination for the Astana Contemporary Art Center (ACAC). In an effort to bring together different points of view and create an interdisciplinary environment for the study of modernist architecture in Almaty, researchers from a range of countries and different academic communities will speak at the conference. It will present various views on both the history of postwar modernist architecture and on contemporary problems in the restoration of such architecture and its adaptation to new functions. The program The first day of the conference, “The Regional Specifics of Soviet Modernism,” will set the historical and theoretical context for the discussion of Soviet architectural heritage in the former republics of the USSR. The first session will contrast shared aspects of Soviet heritage with regionally unique traits in the architecture of the former Soviet republics. -
Vladimir Shukhov Pipelines and Water Towers
PLASTIC PIPES 2014 INDUSTRY MILESTONES VLADIMIR SHUKHOV PIPELINES AND WATER TOWERS Sergey Arssenev Russia commemorated the 160th Anniversary of Vladimir Shukhov, a great engi- neer, architect, inventor and scientist, who made an outstanding contribution to the construction technologies of water towers, tanks and pipelines. He was the de- signer and technical project supervisor of Russia’s first oil pipelines and facili- ties. Shukhov also used his development expertise in water supply projects in many Russian cities ladimir Shukhov was born on 28 August 1853 in and constructed Russia’s first three 3-inch oil pipelines. VGrayvoron near Belgorod. He graduated from Impe- These were 9 km to 12 km long and connected the Bal- rial Moscow Technical School (currently Bauman Moscow akhany oil production site with oil refinery plants in the State Technical University) in 1876, and completed an in- outskirts of Baku. Shukov also invented several types of ternship in the USA. In 1878–1879 Shukhov designed oil pumps. 68 ANNUAL INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL DIGEST PLASTIC PIPES 2014 INDUSTRY MILESTONES In 1878 Shukhov designed and constructed the first cylindrical reservoirs / oil storages for the Baku oil pro- duction sites. Before Shukhovs’s reservoirs, oil was stored in drums and ponds and polluted the environment and soil. At the end of XIX, oil and oil products in the USA and Europe were stored in square tanks. The construc- tion office of Alexander Bari, where Shukhov was a Chief Engineer and a business partner, had built over 20,000 cylindrical reservoirs. Nowadays there are hun- dreds of thousands of reservoirs built all over the world using Shukhov’s design. -
How to Preserve an Experiment? Soviet Avant-Gardearchitecture 1917-1933;
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION Fall semester 2014 How to Preserve an Experiment? Soviet Avant-GardeArchitecture 1917-1933; Prof. Xenia Vytuleva Email: [email protected] Fridays, 9.00am - 11.00 am 300 SBuell Hall Office hours by appointment only Description This graduate seminar considers the phenomenon of the Soviet Architectural Avant- Garde as part of a broader cultural history. The response of artistic thought to the machine, as well as the intersection of political and social propaganda, literature, art and cinematography will be examined. Special attention will be paid to the legacy of the experimental practices, such as paper architecture, oral history, temporary projects for International Exhibitions, law, geography, material and visual culture, cultural anthropology, stage design,and the projects for National Competitions. It is a cross- disciplinary class: focused on Avant-garde artistic discourse with the emphasis onhow to preserve architecture as politically and ideologically charged media.It creates a "manifesto map" of conceptual categories: negative histories and conflict zones, re- performance, propaganda and palimpsest, the politics of camouflage and concealment, reassembling identities and performing utopia. In addition to classroom lectures and discussion, students will engage with current exhibitions, archival materials, films, primary documents and objects at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa),as well as at the Rare Book Collection, Columbia University. 1 Course Format: Weekly lectures provide the framework of the course. The Powerpoint for each lecture will be made available on Blackboard. A portion of some class will be devoted to discussion of the power of preservation as political science and rethinking the current stage of a discipline. -
A Turbulent Year for Ukraine Urbulent Was the Way to Describe 2009 for Ukraine, Which Plunged Into Financial Crisis
No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010 5 2009: THE YEAR IN REVIEW A turbulent year for Ukraine urbulent was the way to describe 2009 for Ukraine, which plunged into financial crisis. No other European country suffered as much as TUkraine, whose currency was devalued by more than 60 percent since its peak of 4.95 hrv per $1 in August 2008. In addition, the country’s industrial production fell by 31 percent in 2009. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko con- fronted the challenge of minimizing the crisis fallout, while at the same time campaigning for the 2010 presi- dential elections. Her critics attacked her for pursuing populist policies, such as increasing wages and hiring more government staff, when the state treasury was broke as early as the spring. Ms. Tymoshenko herself admitted that her gov- ernment would not have been able to make all its pay- ments without the help of three tranches of loans, worth approximately $10.6 billion, provided by the International Monetary Fund. Her critics believe that instead of borrowing money, Ms. Tymoshenko should have been introducing radical reforms to the Ukrainian economy, reducing government waste, eliminating out- dated Soviet-era benefits and trimming the bureaucracy. The year began with what is becoming an annual tra- Offi cial Website of Ukraine’s President dition in Ukraine – a natural gas conflict provoked by the government of Russian Federation Prime Minister President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at the heated February 10 meeting of Vladimir Putin. Whereas the New Year’s Day crisis of the National Security and Defense Council. -
Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary: Children’S Books and Graphic Art
Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary: Children’s Books and Graphic Art Twenty years after the demise of the Soviet Union, its culture continues to fascinate and mystify. Like other modern states, the Soviet Union exercised its power not only through direct coercion, but also through a vast media system that drew on the full power and range of modern technologies and aesthetic techniques. This media system not only served as a tool of central power, but also provided a relatively open space where individuals could construct their own meanings and identities. Children’s books and posters were two of the primary media through which a distinct Soviet imaginary was created, disseminated, and reinterpreted. Benefiting from the energy of young artists and from technological innovations in production, both media provided attractive and affordable products in huge print runs, sometimes reaching the hundreds of thousands. Despite the massive scale of production, their direct address and interactive construction encouraged a sense of individual autonomy, even as they enforced a sense of social belonging. Soviet images were unusually intensive, communicating enormous amounts of cultural information with immediacy and verve. But they were also extensive, achieving broad distribution through society, constantly being copied, reiterated, and transposed from one medium to another. While elite artists continued to exercise leadership in traditional media, professional graphic artists brought formal and thematic innovations into such mundane spaces as the workplace, the barracks, the school, and even the nursery. Thus Soviet cultural identity was shaped not only through state ideology and propaganda, but also through everyday activities that could be edifying, productive, and even fun. -
Vanguard Avant-Garde
The images reproduced here accord with fair use. Please acknowledge credits. 1 © Susan Buck-Morss, 2006. Vanguard/Avant-garde* It is not my intent to produce yet another narrative of how Lenin and the party victimized the avant-garde. Rather, it is to argue that conceptions of temporality have political implications,1 and that blindness to this fact contributed to the historical failure of the artistic avant-garde and the political vanguard alike.2 It is difficult to see this situation clearly, because the historical actors themselves did not. The terms "avant- garde" and "vanguard," which I am defining against each other, were not held apart with any rigor in the early twentieth century.3 In Russia at the time of the Revolution they seem to have been used interchangeably, or just as often not used at all.4 It was only in the 1960s that Western art historians constructed retroactively an international narrative • * Based on material from Susan Buck-Morss, Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000). 1. I am indebted to Peter Osborne's Politics of Time for this argument. 2. Recent scholarship argues that the artists, not the political leaders, most vociferously called for a cessation of cultural autonomy and a unity of cultural line. Charlotte Douglas goes quite far in exonerating everyone but the artists themselves: "Until the mid-1920s, the Party resisted the insistent demand from literary and art groups to endorse a genuine official style. In a decree of June 1925, however, it finally capitulated, supporting the goal of a culture that was specifically proletarian" ("Terms of Transition," Great Utopia, p. -
Architectural Geometry
Architectural geometry Item Type Article Authors Pottmann, Helmut; Eigensatz, Michael; Vaxman, Amir; Wallner, Johannes Citation Architectural geometry 2014, 47:145 Computers & Graphics Eprint version Post-print DOI 10.1016/j.cag.2014.11.002 Publisher Elsevier BV Journal Computers & Graphics Rights NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Computers & Graphics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Computers & Graphics, 26 November 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2014.11.002 Download date 05/10/2021 12:43:44 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10754/555976 Architectural Geometry Helmut Pottmann a,b, Michael Eigensatz c, Amir Vaxman b, Johannes Wallner d aKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia bVienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria cEvolute GmbH, 1040 Vienna, Austria dGraz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria Abstract Around 2005 it became apparent in the geometry processing community that freeform architecture contains many problems of a geometric nature to be solved, and many opportunities for optimization which however require geometric understanding. This area of research, which has been called architectural geometry, meanwhile contains a great wealth of individual contributions which are relevant in various fields. For mathematicians, the relation to discrete differential geometry is significant, in particular the integrable system viewpoint. Besides, new application contexts have become available for quite some old-established concepts. -
See Moscow Itinerary
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh To Russia with Love: Women's Mission to St. Petersburg and Riga Optional Extension to Moscow June 23-26, 2019 Day 1: Sunday, June 23– Introduction to Moscow Breakfast at the Angleterre Hotel in St. Petersburg and check out. Transfer to the train station. Travel to Moscow by Sapsan high-speed train. (The train journey is approximately 4 hours. Boxed lunch will be provided for the train ride.) Arrive in Moscow and begin your tour of the city with a visit to the Red Square, the heart of the famous historical center of the city, including a visit to St. Basil's Cathedral. Visit the Kremlin Territory, the chief architectural ensemble of the city. The fortified complex in the heart of the city includes give palaces and four cathedrals and serves as the host of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Take in this extraordinary development, including the Kremlin Armory, one of Moscow's oldest museums, established in 1808. Check into the hotel. Dinner with guests from the local Jewish community. Overnight: Courtyard by Marriott Moscow City Center Day 2: Monday, June 24 – Jewish Life in Moscow Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Moscow Choral Synagogue, the main synagogue in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The synagogue opened in 1906. It operated throughout the Soviet period, although authorities had annexed some parts of the original building for secular purposes (in 1923 and 1960). Stop at Vorobyovy Gori- the highest point of Moscow offering a breathtaking view of the city and Moscow-River.