Constructivist architecture surrounds us everywhere, taking on the guise of a provincial-looking shopping center in the former recreation center, the local fire station, the building of the regional committee or the main post office. All this once embodied the advanced ideas of architects and engineers - builders not only of buildings, but also of the new world. And now - it turns into ruins, shrouded in construction mesh or lurid advertising signs

In his embroidery, Alexander tries not only to draw attention to the problems of restoration and preservation of heritage, but also to create his own memory card about these buildings. Strict volumes and lines of avant-garde buildings are carefully embroidered on pieces of fabric. They become personal memories, each of which you can keep at home regardless of the actions of committees and states ...

Leningrad, Moscow, Kharkov, Kiev, Ivanovo, Solovetsky Islands, Irkutsk, Vitebsk, Ashgabat - this is an incomplete list of cities whose architectural heritage will be presented in more than 40 works at the exhibition from April 22 to May 31.

Sasha Braulov, artist:

“The buildings that I embroider can be roughly divided into three categories: surviving to this day, lost and unrealized projects. I wouldn't call it nostalgia. First of all, it's a shame that such a significant layer of culture is not maintained at a high level. In the USSR, unique projects were created, many of which were ahead of their time, occupied leading positions in world architecture and set the trend for the development of architecture in general.