From Work to Frame. Universalizing Artistic Production in Early Moscow Constructivism

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The new materialist philosophies and social practices prompt us to revisit the transdisciplinary endeavors of the early Soviet period, where a materialist shift was realized not only in scientific and philosophical thought but also in art and social production. This shift involved integration of production into systems of energy and information exchange, the dissolution of entrenched epistemological binaries and the development of new practices in form-building that focused on the exploration of earth resources, industrial technology, physiological processes. Also new modes of institutionalization emerged, characterized by horizontal principles of workshops and laboratories. Within this highly active intellectual landscape, transdisciplinary initiatives began to emerge, that go beyond the boundaries of the classical cogitatio universalis. Some of the artistic and theoretical challenges are only now becoming fully apparent, as new epistemologies emerge. What insights can we gain today from the discussions and experiments of the 1920s?

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The Actuality of the 20’s. Form, Production and Transknowledge

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