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Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka by Dmitry Kudinov

Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka by Dmitry Kudinov is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Nkà Mma na Nkwụnye Nkà Competition Category.


IgweNkà Mma· 2022

Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka

by Dmitry Kudinov

Client: Iskra Urban Fest

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Nkà Mma Category

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The Design

About Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka

Ihe Odide Akwụkwọ: Alternative bụ ihe nkwalite nka e mepụtara maka ememme obodo dị na Neftekamsk, Russia. Ngwa ọkụ mmanụ e wepụrụ n'ọrụ, dị mita anọ na ọkara n'elu na mita isii n'obosara, ka e ji mee ihe ọzọ dịka ntọala nka ahụ. E ji agba gold dee mkpụrụ akwụkwọ okike nke ọma n'elu ndabere ojii, na-ekpuke mkpụrụedemede dị mgbagwoju anya nke na-enweta ìhè anyanwụ. Ihe nkwalite a guzo n'ogige ụgbọ okporo ígwè, ebe okporo ije ndị ije ụkwụ na okporo ụzọ ụgbọala na-agafe onwe ha. Iji ngwa ọrụ ganụ ọzọ na-eweta echiche gbasara gburugburu ebe obibi ma na-akpọ ndị bi n'obodo ahụ ka ha lee obodo ha n'ụzọ ọhụrụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Alternative Ọrụ Isi: Ihe Nkwalite Nka maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The installation is located in the city of Neftekamsk, the name of which is based from two words: oil and Kama (name of the river), although the city has no oil production and no access to the river.
Supernova Art Embassy wanted to change the residents' attitude to their city through an unusual art object, to set a path for the search of modern post-industrial identity of the city and its inhabitants.
Dimensions & Packaging
Decommissioned oil pump "Vulcan" production Bucharest (Romania), height 4.5 m, width 6 m.
Tags
public art, urban art, art festival, calligraphy, installation, site-specific art, ecology, alternative
Production Technology
The installation was made as part of the city festival Iskra Urban Fest 2021, which is taking place in the city for the second year in a row and is a good example of an alternative city festivals. Detailed calligraphy has become a tool for transforming the oil pump unit into an art object.
The installation was constructed in the station square and now welcomes visitors to the city, golden letters on a black background burn with the shimmer of the sun and attract passers-by to read the intricate runes.
Materials: Gold paint MTN Liquid Gold (Spain), brushes, aerosol, sprayer.
Design Challenge
Installation appeared during the festival program together with the city administration and active residents. At a regular meeting on the improvement of the station square there was an idea to use the old oil pump as a city installation on bus station square. A slogan was created: "Neftekamsk is pumping", which means that the city is changing due to the big social program of the city infrastructure development and attraction of outside specialists in cultural and social spheres.
Research
Urban communities are formed around a common idea or problem, so it is important to form urban values. The path of development from resource consumption to alternative directions is a motivation to improve the surrounding space. Destructive criticism attitude is a big problem. The administration is considered as a pest, although most cases of vandalism and deterioration of public spaces are related to the consumer attitude and the action of certain social groups of residents.
Inspiration
Manifest:
Having faith in reason, in self-development. With a concern for the environment, it is me.
Hoping that in the future, they (pumping units) will only be objects of memory of how people came to the right and clear decision.
Every road is a path of trial and error, and when we come to perfection, the mistakes will not be the same anymore. Oil is the blood of the Earth's flesh.
Sucking the blood of ourselves will make us vanish. The Earth is not only our home, it is humanity.
Project Duration
Another stage of Urban Camp as part of Iskra Urban Fest have been held in Neftekamsk (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia) from September 13 to October 20. The installation was the final part of the past stage and one of 29 implemented art objects for the 2021 season.
Within two years of the project 30 authors from 22 Russian cities participated and 48 works were created (from small formats to large-scale mural and installation).
Operation Flow
The secondary use of a decommissioned industrial facility allowed to implement the project without any major financial costs, the object was included in the festival program, the unusual format allowed to attract the attention of the media and raised the topic of ecology, to show the importance of urban social projects and the positive social effect of the involvement of residents.
The surrounding space of the station square was designed taking into account the transit routes to the station, the installation became the key object of the station square at the intersection of pedestrian and vehicular routes.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Custom Bas, Evgeny Demidkov & Dmitry Kudinov
Team Members
Creative Director: Dmitry Kudinov
Producer: Lidiia Averina
Initiator: Ratmir Mavliev
Artist: Custom Bas
Tech Support: Dmitry Chalov, Anastasia Novgorodova
Image Credits
Main Image: Photographer Evgeny Demidkov, There Is An Alternative #1, 2021.
Image #1: Photographer Evgeny Demidkov, There Is An Alternative #2, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Evgeny Demidkov, There Is An Alternative #3, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Evgeny Demidkov, There Is An Alternative #4, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Dmitry Kudinov, Alternative #1, 2021.

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