Deconstruction After Rodchenko, animation view, Wolfson Campus (MDC), Downtown Miami, 00:02:12 min animation, December 13th, 2020, screened March 25th, 2021. Photo © Alian Rives' Studio

Constructivism aimed to transform society through art, driven by its aesthetic and political inclinations. It exalted technology and industrial development. Rodchenko and other Constructivist artists sought to create a democratic aesthetic aligned with the new revolutionary Soviet program. They intended to develop a universal language, an anti-bourgeois movement for the working class. However, this effort failed, as the working class could not grasp the highly intellectual and abstract nature of the Constructivist principles. 

Contrary to Constructivist ideals, this procedural animation offers a deconstructed interpretation of one of Rodchenko's 1937 posters, depicting a soldier with a uniform and rifle against a red star background. Its abstract nature reflects our inability to fully understand and comprehend every aspect of reality. The belief that society can be perfected is overly idealistic and impractical, even under ideologically driven propaganda.

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