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El constructivismo

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Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia’s emergent Constructivist movement. Fired with revolutionary zeal, it was unquestionably a declaration of war on traditional bourgeois art.

Constructivism recasts artists and architects as Constructors, turning away from aesthetic or speculative problems in art and instead focusing on the fusion of art with everyday life in order to create a functional system of design, one in keeping with the great task of building the new communist society. This edition replicates Gan's original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and graphic design, and it also presents a substantial introductory essay by art historian Christina Lodder that examines Gan's own odd, mercurial character and the tracks he left across avant-garde Russian graphics, architecture, film, and theater.

Nearly a century later, Constructivism remains a powerful manifesto, and this new translation will help scholars trace its enduring influence on twentieth-century art and design.

178 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

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Aleksei Gan

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Aleksei Mikhailovich Gan (Russian: Алексей Михайлович Ган; b. ?1889; d. ?1940/'42) worked across theatre, architecture, graphics, and cinema. Agitator, publisher, activist, and promoter, he was the main theorist and co-founder with Rodchenko and Stepanova of the First Working Group of Constructivists. He published and edited the journal Kino-Fot (1922–'23), in which he promoted photography and cinema as the favorite artistic media for a new Soviet society. He developed his theories about cinema in Long live the demonstration of life! (1923) and in his articles for Sovremennaya arkhitektura (1926–'30), where he was also the arts director and editor. He was also a founding member of October Group (1928–'32), which advocated Constructivist ideals.

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El constructivismo, escrito y publicado en 1922 por Alekséi Gan, es el primer tratado teórico del movimiento vanguardista que floreció justo después de la Revolución de Octubre. Entre el manifiesto y el programa político, este texto iconoclasta y propositivo es ante todo una declaración de guerra a la cultura burguesa y sus formas.
Mediante la definición de tres principios básicos: tectónica, factura y construcción, Gan propone una nueva cultura racional en la que el arte se confunda con la vida; los artistas y la especulación estética desaparecerán para dejar paso a los «constructores» de la nueva sociedad comunista.
En su esclarecedor ensayo, Christina Lodder nos descubre a esta enigmática figura que jugó un papel clave en la vanguardia posrevolucionaria rusa. Alekséi Gan se definía a sí mismo como «constructor de masas», escribió obras de teatro, dirigió películas, organizó exposiciones de arte, proyectó construcciones ligeras y fue diseñador gráfico. Desde su posición de editor de la revista Kinó-fot y su participación en SA, Gan desempeñó su trabajo como teórico, activista y agitador cultural.
Fiel a su anhelo de eliminar la distinción entre el trabajo intelectual y material, Gan redactó, diseñó e imprimió él mismo el presente libro, uno de los primeros experimentos en tipografía y diseño constructivista.
Esta edición presenta, por primera vez en nuestra lengua, el libro tal y como fue concebido por su autor y pretende rescatar del olvido al polifacético Alekséi Gan.

Ensayo introductorio de Christina Lodder
Traducción de Marta Rebón y Ferran Mateo
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