The exhibition Lenin. Rethinking the Image was shown at Stadthalle as part of the 25. Filmfestival Cottbus 2015. It was a multimedia art contest where people from Russia, Poland and Germany could send their works in. Some people got chosen to exhibit. (me :D, hehe)

Here’s a quote of the curator’s idea:

“The idea of the CONTEST is to rethink the image of Lenin and introduce it using contemporary forms of art by the 145th Lenin’s anniversary in his native city of Ulyanovsk. The works for the CONTEST are accepted in electronic form in the following categories: «Video Art», «Sound Art», «Photography», «Illustration » and «Net Art ».

The CONTEST is available for the residents of Russia, Poland and Germany, who want to introduce their own vision of Lenin’s image in artistic forms.”

Text from their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/lenin.renaissance/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=page_info

It was organized by the Ministry of art and cultural policy of the Ulyanovsk region, the Foundation “Ulyanovsk – cultural capital”, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, New Institute for Cultural Research, Goethe Institute Robert Bosch Foundation, Polish Institute in Moscow, Geremek Foundation, Gosfilmofond

With the support of: Foundation of German-Polish Cooperation, Foundation “Russian-Polish Center of dialogue and understanding”, the Association MitOst e.V., the German Embassy in Russia, the Polish Embassy in Russia, the Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Prokhorov Foundation (tbc).