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.