200x250x50 cm, 2021
State Polytechnic Museum, Moscow
The background is represented by phototransfer of 300 identical postcards from 1980-s left by the artist’s grandfather. He was a radio fan, and planned to retire and devote himself to amateur radio. The tradition of radio fans required that the postcards had to be sent in order to confirm radio contact. Grandfather died very soon after his retirement, so the postcards were left intact as a metaphor of his dream.
The installation includes a radio, table and lamp from the museum’s collection as well as a handmade storage for radio details made from match boxes (similar to those used during Soviet times). The boxes contained smells relevant to that period and hobby (e.g. rosin). The artist also collected letters that the visitors wrote to themselves, which will be sent out in a set period of time.