Sputnik_1

October 4th, 1957, the USSR launched the first artificial satellite of the Earth: “Sputnik 1”. This work is a part of a series dedicated to space. It first emerged in form of graffiti on Moscow streets in 2014. In a world where graffiti is illegal, each work is ephemeral – its life in a megalopolis is like a bright flash. The brighter it is, the shorter it lasts. It may not even be a matter of days, but hours. Despite swift buff, we’ve always aspired to extend the subculture’s life through quantity and quality of works, and also through transferring them to other media (magazines, films, sculptures). Such “parallel” fixation lets the graffiti culture last a bit longer than the establishme...View all