"Endless letter": an exhibition of RT and young designers of the RANEPA, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory, opened in Moscow parks

The exhibition will be held in three stages: August 17 - August 30, 2020 in Lianozovsky, Goncharovsky, Perovsky and Babushkinsky parks, in the Angarskiye Prudy and Sokolniki parks, in the park near Dzhamgarovsky pond and in the park along Olonetsky passage. 

August 31 - September 13, 2020 in the parks Krasnaya Presnya, Severnoye Tushino and Kuzminki-Lyublino.

September 15 - September 30, 2020 at the Muzeon Art Park.

The exhibition was organized with the support of the Department of Culture of Moscow and the Joint Directorate "Mosgorpark".

“We are grateful to Mosgorpark for the unique opportunity to present our project in the main parks of the capital. Each individual exhibition is unique: more than 200 posters were made with quotes from front-line letters and original illustrations by students of the RANEPA School of Design. This interactive exhibition, we hope, will touch the heart, because it is about love, about feelings, about emotions. This is a living memory - the connection of times in important lines from military letters and in the drawings of today's young artists, ”says the deputy editor-in-chief of RT, the author of the idea for the“ Endless Letter ”project, Kirill Karnovich-Valois.

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Front letters. The cherished "triangles" were the main thread connecting soldiers with their families during the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War. The letters were expected at home. The letters were expected at the front. ⠀ In honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, the RT @rtrussian TV channel created the #InfinitePetite project, which contains hundreds of piercing messages from the front. Young designers of the RANEPA school @designranepa, as well as famous artists Pyotr Bankov and Mikhail Sorkin worked on the illustrations. ⠀ We invite you to visit the project's online exhibition, in which thirteen Moscow parks participate. All works can be viewed by the hashtag #InfiniteLetterExhibition. ⠀ The exhibition was organized with the support of the Department of Culture of the city of Moscow @kultura_mos and the United Directorate of "Mosgorpark" @mosgorpark. This is only a small part of the exposition, which is being prepared for display in Moscow parks. ⠀ "Endless Letter" is an emotional tribute to love that wins despite war and death. ⠀ # LPMitino #PagesVictory #LettersVictory #InfiniteLetter #wws # 75yearsVictory #Victory75 #world #VictoryPages # ww2

Publication from the Park on Olonetsky proezd (@skverolonetskiy) Jun 22, 2020 12:24 pm PDT

The Infinite Letter project, which started on Instagram in January, collected excerpts from hundreds of surviving letters from the Great Patriotic War. Soldiers write to their mothers and wives about how they have to lie under bombs falling from planes, how they walk past burned villages, how their friends die, and endlessly worry about those who stayed at home to work hard in factories and fields. Ordinary people who lived more than 70 years ago met their peers: most of the artists working on the project are under 25 years old.

“It is difficult for us, those who have not been in the war, to understand what it is. But we are able to feel the emotions and feelings of wartime people by reading their letters to relatives. I am amazed that people, despite difficult, monstrous times, still retain humanity, kindness and care for their loved ones, ”said Alla Dimareva, a third-year student at the RANEPA Design School.

The works were made in a different technique and manner: collage, coal, oil, applique, etc. Some of them can "come to life": an augmented reality application was developed for the exhibition. In particular, the posters, created by the renowned artist Petr Bankov, perform military songs and poems that inspired the work. You can download iPhone apps here.

Previously, the Endless Letter project held an online exhibition in Moscow parks. You can watch it in its entirety by the hashtag #InfiniteLetterExhibition on Instagram, Facebook and VK. Also on the day of the Victory Parade, the project's soundtrack was released.

"Endless Letter" is a part of the large-scale project RT # Victory Pages. The project brought together contemporary artists, historians, journalists and experts in various fields to tell about the hard days of the war in modern language on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, VK and Twitter.