Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs by Supernova Art Embassy

Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs by Supernova Art Embassy is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Beusi in Seni Rupa Competition Category.

BeusiSeni Rupa· 2021

Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs

by Supernova Art Embassy

Client: Memorandum Project

A' Design Award Beusi Winner in Seni Rupa Category

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The Design

About Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs

Téks Buku: Embrace mangrupa mural husus situs anu digambar dina fasad wangunan di Sterlitamak. Mural ieu jangkungna 27 méter jeung lebarna 15 méter, kalayan permukaan anu digambar saluas 405 méter pasagi. Cet fasad jeung roller cet dipaké dina prosés ngagambarna, sarta lift fasad ngamungkinkeun ngagambar dina luhur. Karya seni ieu makan waktu tilu minggu pikeun réngsé. Carita anu dipintonkeun nyaritakeun deui kisah saurang prajurit ti divisi infanteri ka-170 Sterlitamak anu miang ka médan perang bari mawa jam saku pérak, jeung jangji rék balik deui sarta mawa jam éta. Jasadna jeung jam saku éta kapanggih dina taun 2015, sarta dibawa balik ka bumi pikeun dibikeun ka pamajikanana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Beusi

Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs mangrupa juara A' Design Award Beusi, pangakuan anu bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain alus anu minuhan sarat profésional jeung industri anu diharepkeun tina kréasi anu dirarancang alus. Para juara Beusi nunjukkeun kaahlian anu hébat, spésialisasi anu luhur, pamahaman ahli jeung kamampuh kréatif para kréatorna. Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs diharepkeun jadi kréasi anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu praktis jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Beusi ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna industri sarta ngabogaan ciri téknis anu mampuh pakait jeung pangweruh praktis jeung bakat. Embrace Fungsi Utama: Mural Husus Situs dihormat pikeun katelitianana sarta dirarancang pikeun méré paningkatan kualitas hirup anu mantuan ngajadikeun dunya tempat nu leuwih hadé.

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.