Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah by Supernova Art Embassy

Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah by Supernova Art Embassy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Farshaxanka Wanaagsan iyo Rakibaadda Farshaxanka Competition Category.

BirFarshaxan· 2021

Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah

by Supernova Art Embassy

Client: Memorandum Project

Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Farshaxan Category

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The Design

About Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah

Qoraalka Buugga: Embrace waa muuraal meel-gaar ah oo lagu rinjiyeeyay dusha hore ee dhismo ku yaal Sterlitamak. Muuraalku wuxuu dhererkiisu yahay 27 mitir wuxuuna ballaadhkiisu yahay 15 mitir, isagoo leh dhul rinjiyeysan oo dhan 405 mitir oo laba-jibaaran. Waxaa la isticmaalay rinjiyo dusha hore loogu talagalay iyo rollerada rinjiga, halka qalabka kor u qaadista dhismooyinku ay suurtogelisay in shaqada lagu qabto meelo dhaadheer. Shaqada farshaxanka ahi waxay qaadatay saddex toddobaad. Sheekada la tusinayo waxay soo xusuusinaysaa askari ka tirsanaa liwaa lala oran jiray 170th Sterlitamak oo lugaha ah, kaas oo u kacay xagga xarunta dagaalka isagoo sita saacad jeeb ah oo lacag ah, wuxuuna ballan qaaday inuu la soo noqon doono. Haraggiisa iyo saacaddaas waxaa la helay sanadkii 2015, waxaana loo keenay guriga si loogu geeyo xaaskiisa.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award

Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf leh oo la siiyo naqshado wanaagsan oo buuxiya shuruudaha xirfadeed iyo kuwa warshadeed ee laga filayo hal-abuurro si wanaagsan loo naqshadeeyay. Guuleystayaasha Birta waxay muujiyaan xirfad weyn, takhasus sare, fahan khabiir iyo awood hal-abuur oo abuurayaashooda. Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah waa hal-abuur la filayo inuu noqdo mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, wax ku ool ah oo cusub. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu isku daraa hab-dhaqannada ugu wanaagsan warshadda wuxuuna leeyahay sifooyin farsamo oo karti leh oo ku xiran aqoon iyo hibo. Dhammaystirkeeda awgeed, Embrace Shaqada Ugu Muhiimsan: Muuraal Meel-gaar ah waa mudan ixtiraam, waxaana loo naqshadeeyay inay keento hagaajin nololeed oo ka caawisa in adduunka laga dhigo meel ka wanaagsan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The word "memorandum" is translated from Latin as "something you have to memorize", that is why the Memorandum project is dedicated to complex contexts and topics.

Coming home is always an exciting event. That is why the Sterlitamak stage of the project was called "Coming home". It included several emotional aspects of this concept. It was reflected in the approach of Lidiia Averina, the curator, and in the plots of all participants. This project is her personal comeback to her hometown.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height 27 m, width 15 m, total artistic painting square 405 sq.m
Tags: mural art, spray art, public art, fine arts, storytelling, embrace, heritage, memory
Production Technology: Some activists took great care of their ancestors memories and the works which may appear basing on historical data and archive photographs. There were different attempts to influence the curator and the artist work. However, the compromise was reached quite quickly and the work turned to constructive direction. The artistic part of the work was done by facade paints and paint rollers. For work at a height, facade lifts (scaffolds) were used.
Design Challenge: 4 locations were selected, each of them having common connection with historical old town (although none of the buildings selected was a historically original building). They were different in meanings and the way they belong. Connection with "coming back" had been found immediately and we also had artists sharing common values. That was particularly important for their harmony.
Research: Memory of the place is an eclectic mixture of emotions; it is impossible to catch a sole scent. There are pure facts, personal stories, critics, and embellishment. Interpretations multiply and fragment. This is the reason why we want to show our perception among many others.

Andreys work finely reflects the location context with lost wooden buildings as well as the irony on current town situation with chaotic architectural add-ons (tiny business centers) which try to squeeze into any available space and corners.
Inspiration: The works plot is based in the story of a soldier from 170th Sterlitamak infantry division: in May, 1941, the storys main character wanted to leave his silver pocket watch to his wife. However, his wife said: "You leave with this watch and youll come back with this watch!"

In 2015, during the expedition his remains and personal belongings were found. After 74 years he came home with the watch, as promised, and his 97 years old wife met him.
Project Duration: The work is dedicated to 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, therefore it must have been finished in 2020 before rainy autumn weather.

There were repair works on the building facades, so the whole project implementation period was 1.5 months. The artistic work implementation took 3 weeks.
Operation Flow: Now there is one of the main streets of town which connects an old town with new districts, therefore there are always a lot of students and pedestrians on the street. The works are on a high altitude and are well visible.

It is also important that the headquarters of 170th Sterlitamak infantry division was located nearby and here there was a path which was taken by the soldiers leaving to the railway station to go to the frontline. Where new standard buildings stand now, there were wooden houses and buildings.
Patents: Copyright belongs to Andrey Olenev and Dmitry Kudinov, 2020
Team Members: Curator: Lidiia Averina
Artist: Andrey Olenev
Support: Dmitry Kudinov, Alexey Agafonov, Ludmila Averina
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer – Dmitry Kudinov, Embrace #1, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer – Dmitry Kudinov, Embrace #2, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer – Dmitry Kudinov, Embrace #3, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer – Dmitry Kudinov, Embrace #4, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer – Dmitry Kudinov, Embrace #5, 2020.
Video Credits: Dmitry Kudinov, Hyperlapse, Embrace and Shihans from bird’s-eye perspective, 2020.