From a trip to the Tate Modern’s Defining Constructivism exhibition. Interesting to see a) how influential these artists were on the twentieth century modernist aesthetic and b) how they blended their lofty ideals with promotional work for the Soviet state (ads for the state rubber industry, cigarettes, films, co-operative farms, and so on).

From a trip to the Tate Modern’s Defining Constructivism exhibition. Interesting to see a) how influential these artists were on the twentieth century modernist aesthetic and b) how they blended their lofty ideals with promotional work for the Soviet state (ads for the state rubber industry, cigarettes, films, co-operative farms, and so on).

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Photos of the Progress/Blue State Digital Labour 2.0 conference, February 28, 2009, courtesy of bitospud.

Joe Rospars at Labour 2.0 conference February 28, 2009.

Joe Rospars at Labour 2.0 conference February 28, 2009.

This is what editing a collection involves; not always, but mostly.

This is what editing a collection involves; not always, but mostly.

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