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29 – 30 March, 2011, Moscow
Announcement!
29 – 30 March, 2011, Moscow
Conference dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the births of Aleksei Kruchonykh
Organized by The State Museum of V.V. Mayakovsky (Moscow) and Gorky Institute of World Literature (Moscow).
Aleksei Kruchonykh is a well-known Russian poet and critic. Together with Khlebnikov, Kruchonykh formulated the concept of zaum (‘transrational language’; literally ‘beyond sense’ or ‘beyond the mind’). He is best known for his creation of Russian Futurist books between 1912 and 1916 in collaboration with the avant-garde artists Natal’ya Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Kazimir Malevich and Ol’ga Rozanova. Some of these books were written with Velimir Khlebnikov.
Proposed topics of the conference: – Zaum (transrational language) and Russian Futurism – Kruchonykh and Futurist books – Kruchonykh and avant-garde art
Venue for the conference: The State Museum of V.V. Mayakovsky (Moscow)
Address: 101000, Russia, Moscow, Lubjanskij proezd, 3/6.
Tel. +7(495) 6216489
E-mail: dkarpov-m@mail.ru
Aleksei Kruchonykh and his book "Pomada" (1913)