Answer for question 4196.

[sabotabby]

[Error: unknown template qotd]Soviet Constructivism's influence on Russian popular culture and politics. I suppose that would fall under Art History, or Media Studies.

I have a tremendous love for the art and design of the era, both politically and aesthetically. It was this very strange period where incredibly visually sophisticated and highly abstract art became low-brow culture. Think of all the propaganda posters you're used to seeing, and then think of "Beat the Whites With the Red Wedge," and you see why it's such a unique and fascinating phenomenon.

Alas, in order to properly study it, I'd have to learn Russian first, and so I would be in school for a very long time, which is not gonna happen.

Also revolutionary occult movements, which sprung up around the same era, and have the same problem vis-a-vis learning Russian.

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[kakodaimon.livejournal.com]

Say more about revolutionary occult movements? Searching the phrase brings up a lot of conspiracy theories which I am pretty sure you are not talking about here.

[sabotabby]

No, not conspiracy theories—at least not other than the ones held by the occultists themselves! There were some really weird goings-on around attempts to introduce communism into Central Asia, including fusions of Mongolian and Tibetan spirituality with communist politics. Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophecy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia is a pretty interesting read.

Also, going slightly pre-revolution but relevant to my interests, the composer Scriabin tried to end the world by writing the most awesome symphony ever and playing it at the base of Mt. Everest, but he died of moustache before the dream could be fulfilled.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Also, going slightly pre-revolution but relevant to my interests, the composer Scriabin tried to end the world by writing the most awesome symphony ever and playing it at the base of Mt. Everest, but he died of moustache before the dream could be fulfilled.
I actually heard about that one but forget where. On another note: once I get my stuff from that infamous container near the Polish border and manage to unpack I still have a catalogue from the Hamburger Kunsthalle excellent exhibition on the subject where I also got my trilingual Mayakovsky from. They had models of everything and I saw my fav. Filonow in Big first time plus Rodchenko originals galore etc, a video of The Bath House etc. but they had not noticed Lili Brik crying ROSTA was Lili Brik so the description said: "a worker woman" which, despite allies, one cannot describe Brik as but I corrected them in their guest book amongst the praise and felt all the better for it. Still, that catalogue. Gimme time!
Died of moustache is epic but you know that.

Here but in German will see where I can find something in English; there must be a catalogue, it was such a great exhibition, with a veiled Lili crying ROSTA or not;)
http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/archiv/seiten/en_russische_av.htm
and in 2007
http://www.proeto.net/ressources/events.html
Typo Berlin or
http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/archiv/seiten/en_russische_av.htm
Will see what more I can find, there was a good exhibition in Berlin with mainly Rodchenko but some references to others, such as constructivists

[sabotabby]

Awesome. Yeah, Rodchenko, Brik, and Mayakovsky are like a power trio. I went to the Mayakovsky Museum in Moscow and it was the best thing about Moscow, IMO.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Russian, besides Sanskrit and taking up my long-forgotten ancient Greek and Latin are just a few amongst my plans for what to do when this best of worlds we live in allows me to (I'd try to flee Utopia, though just like my parents and like I abandoned both the Viking Land variety as well as modern Mordor though I'd consider living in Weinar Constitutional Monarchy preferably or even a Weinmore Republic, depending on whether you'd like a Lucia crown or a golden gondola better but I accept not much substitute when it comes to Leaders I'd follow). In the Mean Time, I feel a strong need to defend my ethemere theboringclub territory, but then...I go. Filonow I had a long post on as well as Mayakovsky, repeatedly, before you came into my liff. Will dig again.
Also,
please see today's entry at around 8:40 in News of Yesterday (Tagesschau; the one with bottles on the announcer's suit), I hereby dedicate it to you as Our Future Leader Lady!

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Also as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Burliuk famously said about Mayakovsky:
"this swarthy individual who pursued me with his jests"
(from memory from Jangfeldt http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2013/10/biographer-bengt-jangfeldt-on-mayakovskys-posthumous-fate/ who is where I first read him in Swedish translation by Jangfeldt, Love Is The Heart of Everything was a birthday gift I got from my friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inger_Edelfeldt when it was first published and I had just gotten together with https://davidnessle.wordpress.com/ so that was the second book I read in Swedish of Mayakovsky and I am definitely influenced by Jangfeldt's view on the poet http://www.swedishbookreview.com/show-review.php?i=174 whom I had, before this, planned to post on tomorrow for I think we need A Cloud In Trousers, still)

feelins of soviets

[aliatan.livejournal.com]

Soviet poet Mayakovsky wrote: (sorry for my poor translation)
"To love - is to go off
from the sheets torn in insomnia,
jealousy of Copernicus!
Considering him, but not Marya Stepanovna's husband,
as the rival"

Soviets thought in cosmic scale, didn't they? However, the Orthodoxy is better to study, than occult movements

RE: feelins of soviets

[sabotabby]

I <3 Mayakovsky.

Enough people are studying orthodox Communism, though. Hence my dream of exploring some under-researched areas (at least in English-language academia).

[ironed_orchid]

If time and money were not issues, I would study German and ancient Greek and Latin and then read all my favourite philosophers again in the original versions.

[kakodaimon.livejournal.com]

I highly doubt you wish this, especially as it only takes money out of the equation and not time, but just to let you know, I've been really wanting to brush up on my ancient Greek, which has been 90% lost since university, although I used to be able to read Sappho! If you want to learn it with me I can recommend a book and we can go through it on Skype. Or instead of Greek, Latin, which is easier, and you can read relatively decent/interesting texts sooner, but of course less philosophy and more stabbity. Learning in pairs recreationally is huge in my subculture but I'm aware it's not a thing at all to most people, so I hope this isn't offensively weird.

[ironed_orchid]

Time and money are issues, so basically I'm saying I would do this is I were a millionaire immortal or if I were retired and living in socialist utopia, but I probably won't do it any time soon.

ETA: not offended, but also not going to take you up on the offer.

[sabotabby]

I massively respect both of you for even contemplating this.