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Romain Gavras & Surkin: Baikonur

A dystopian meditation on Soviet space architecture and uncertain futures.

Romain Gavras & Surkin: Baikonur

A dystopian meditation on Soviet space architecture and uncertain futures.

Huseyin Emanet

Huseyin Emanet

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Romain Gavras & Surkin: Baikonur

Film

In this experimental film, Romain Gavras and Surkin turn their lens on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, capturing the eerie stillness of Soviet-era infrastructure frozen in time. The piece opens the GENER8ION exhibition at London's 180 Studios, exploring how utopian dreams decay into fragmented realities.

Shot with a documentary-like detachment, the film observes rockets launching from just a kilometer away, contrasting the grandeur of ambition with the quiet decay of the site. It's a visual essay on survival, obsolescence, and the haunting beauty of a future that never arrived.