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Centenary of “Viсtory over the Sun”
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Project concept: “Centenary of “Viсtory over the Sun”
The project for our conceptual garden entitled: “Victory over the Sun” is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the opera “Victory over the Sun,” created by the artists K. Malevich, A. Kruchenykh and M. Matyushin.
For its creators, the opera represented a kind of test illustration of the battle of man against nature in reality, in which, by ridiculing old ideas of romanticism and beauty, the artists demonstrated victory over the old world.
Premiering in 1913, the opera continued the old traditions of humorous shows, but was staged in a new, supramatic form. It was precisely in styling the decorations for this opera that Kazimir Malevich first created his “Black Square,” finding in it a plastic expression of the victory of active human creation over the passive forms of nature: the black square instead of the spherical sun.
The conceptual garden, created in the image of classical, abstract trompe l’oeil figures and following on Malevich’s sketches for the opera “Victory over the Sun,” will feature strategically-positioned illustrations of the new understanding of the dialogue between man and nature throughout the space of the park.
The Museum of the Petersburg Avant-Garde abuts onto a small garden.
Bringing lessons on garden design to Petersburg, and giving lectures in Moscow, John Brooks came to understand the extent to which his students were unaware of the influence of the artistic Russian avant-garde movement on world design.
In 2013, John Brooks began working on the creation of a garden for the Matyushin House Museum.
In this garden, the designer wants to showcase yet another important trend in modern garden design that so often goes lacking – before filling a garden with decorative plants, we must first plan it out in accordance with the needs of the people who are going to use it.
It is assumed that the garden at the Matyushkin House Museum will be used for temporary installations of modern sculpture work, the relaxation of museum visitors, and instruction on modern landscape design, as is reflected in the anticipated design by John Brooks.