Apparatus. Film, Media and Digital Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe

Apparatus is a peer-reviewed academic journal in open access dealing with film, media and digital cultures of Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe – current and historical.

Current Issue

Vol. 14 (2022): Soviet Playtime: Architectures of Power and Profligacy in DAU

Edited by Philip Cavendish, Natascha Drubek, and Irina Schulzki

Cover design: Alexandre Zaezjev

Published: 2022-06-20

Editorial

DAU: Outside and Beyond History

Philip Cavendish
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Introductory Essay

The Anatomy of Totalitarian Violence From DAU to Babyn Yar

Ivan Kozlenko
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Voices

Voices II: Essays on DAU

Keti Chukhrov, Daria Ezerova, Philip Cavendish, Elena Kostyleva, Grey Violet, Svetlana Dragaeva, Michał Murawski
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Articles: Soviet Playtime

"The Grinding of Sand on Tiles…” Forms of Female Subjectivity in “DAU. Katya Tanya”

Rachel Morley
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Gesamtkunstwerk Khrzhanovskiy? The Project DAU and the Legacy of Moscow Conceptualism

Alexandre Zaezjev
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Soviet, Sacred, Sexual A Bakhtinian Reading of Architecture in Khrzhanovsky’s DAU

Evgeniya Makarova
The Art of Total Gaslighting (Un)Suturing the Russian Narcissistic Wound in “DAU. Natasha”

Olha Briukhovetska

Interviews

From Soviet Hairstyles to Contemporary Gender Politics An Interview with Jekaterina Oertel, Head of Make-up and Hair Design, Participant, Co-Director, and Editor on the DAU Project

Rachel Morley
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How Khrzhanovskiy’s DAU was Tailored An Interview with Costume Designers

Liubov’ Mingazitinova, Nadia Plungian
DAU. Alena Zoya An Interview with Elena Vogman and Zoya Popova, Personal Assistants to the Director

Irina Schulzki
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“DAU is a Process” A Conversation with Director Ilya Khrzhanovskiy

Eugénie Zvonkine, Anatoli Vlassov
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Pearls Before Swine An Interview with Denis Shibanov, the Architect of DAU

Michał Murawski
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Reviews

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