20 × 20 cm (box), 12 prints 18 × 18 cm each
Risograph prints on Circleoffset White 250 g (100% recycling), hand-assembled rotating hand, adhesive circle label
Edition of 12 + 2 AP
450 €
The work is inspired by the Russian literary genre of popadantsy—stories in which protagonists from contemporary Russia travel back in time to alter the course of history. Central to these narratives are dissatisfaction with the present, nostalgia for the Soviet past or imperial power, and a sense of revanchism.
Popadanets Clock translates this logic into an edition of twelve risograph prints, arranged as the face of a clock. A rotating hand on the box allows viewers to “set the time” and enter different moments of a reconstructed past. Each print features a number and an image from Soviet visual culture, blending propaganda with everyday memory.
At 12 o’clock, the edition presents a wartime propaganda poster reading “For the Motherland – For Stalin.” This detail reintroduces Stalin’s figure into the victory narrative of World War II, illustrating how historical revisionism reshapes collective memory and frames authoritarian legacies as acceptable.
