“George Kostakis’ room opens to welcome the public (of all ages) and to provide him with an interactive art experience, through which the multifaceted personality of the most important Collector projects of the pioneering period in Russia and the Soviet Union (1900-1930), its biography and its Greek origin. The Momus-Museum of Modern Art-Kostaki Collection in the Lazarist Monastery, has shaped its ground floor in an exhibition-play where George Kostakis’s life, work and collectible activity is presented, while at the same time being an introduction to his great collection.
The space is designed by digital and interactive media, offering visitors an educational and entertainment experience. Through knowledge games, narrative and multimedia applications, The public comes into contact with the collector himself, with works of his collection And with stories of artists of the time. In the area there are original recordings of Kostakis himself, who plays a guitar and his wife’s wife, and aspects of his painting activity are presented after his departure from Moscow and his establishment in Italy and Greece.
“Giorgos Kostakis rescued from oblivion and destruction a whole chapter in world history of art, what historians called” Russian avant -garde “. This term is not a national designation. It is a geographical designation that helps us to understand that in Moscow and St. Petersburg/ Petrograd/ Leningrad found good, hospitable and creative ground artists from Russia, the Baltic, Ukraine and the Caucasus and participated in an extremely inventive, imaginative and inspirational dialogue on the arts, which was abruptly interrupted by the enforcement of socialist realism and the persecutions of artists in the early 1930s, “says the Athenian/Macedonian Agency. Kostaki Maria Tsanzanoglou, stressing the reason that the Kostaki collection is still timely and is worthy of knowing the general public.
‘This art has influenced In the 1920s and to artists living in other cities Like Tbilisi, Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov, Tashkent, Erevan, Baku proving that the experiment of the first three decades of the 20th century in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union had a powerful multinational character. “
Art becomes experience: Exploration through games, narrative and augmented reality
The Momus-Museum of Modern Art and the creative company Mait (Modern Adventure Interactive Tourism) based in Italy, designed the new digital experience, using Innovative technologies for exploring artistic works with fresh, Game look. “Visitors only use one mobile phone to learn stories, see pictures, hear guided tours (a guide is our favorite mascot of our museum, Lara dog) and play with interactive games of augmented or virtual reality and cartoon. Every work of art also offers a different experience, “says Ms. Tsanzanoglou, explaining:” For example, the room “fills” from the roof to the floor with the paintings of Yellena Guro, the Lefatin Futi! Others. “
The Mait method is based on six practices: careful selection of objects, transcription of knowledge in games, storytelling, digital media, variations for different audiences and participation. “In George Kostakis’ room we allow visitors to stay as long as they want and feel comfortable, as guests were comfortable in his apartment,” The artistic director of the museum reports. He recalls that Kostakis’ apartment in Moscow, 1960-1977, served as an informal Museum of Modern Art, attracting all kinds of audiences: from students and artists to the personalities of letters and the arts and high political guests who wanted to see their free time (19). Soviet museum but were also completely unknown in the West.
Finally, visitors have the ability to get From the Museum’s shoplif of digital guided tours and games to continue their home experience or offer them as a special gift.
*Photos: Momus / Antonis Vlachos