The project is one part memory, one part dream - expressed through stories, recollections, art and sound.

 

With an exhibition, events, online presence and a publication, it tells the historical story of Krugozor and asks “where is the dream of an international utopia beyond borders now?” 

The history of Krugozor is researched and the stories of those who worked there are collected - along with those of readers who were influenced by it.

 

The publication is in the form of a new Krugozor magazine - designed exactly as the old  - with images, words and audio but augmented by a digital dimension and life

 

The content explores boundaries and borders with stories, images and audio from the edge, from the furthermost points of the old empires, where they touched the world beyond. What do we find there now? Whose voices do we hear?

 

At a time when viruses and the internet have shown  us that borders only exist in our imagination can we re-imagine these places and points of crossing?

 

Is it still possible to dream of a world beyond ideology, where community is not defined by national territory?

KRUGOZOR 2024 is an international project based in Russia, crossing the borders of the old ‘western’ and ‘eastern’ blocs as Krugozor originally dreamed.

 

Its prime curators are a Russian artist, Sergey Korsakov and a British artist Stephen Coates.  The project will invite artists, writers and musicians to participate to investigate its themes.