The Novgorod Spaceship (2016)

Like an abandoned alien spaceship the building of Dostoevskys Drama Theater stands on the bank of Volkhov River only a kilometer away from the walls of famous Novgorod Kremlin An Architecture freak unloved and uncared for it sails high above the comforting provinciality of Novgorod the Great Erected during the final years of Soviet Rule this remarkable example of modernist architecture has for many decadescontinued to mock the ancient heritage of the city as well as the mediocre tastes of its populace The story of theaters uneasy survival its persistent inability to fit into the Novgorods surroundings and its slow but sure demise at the hands of greedy bureaucrats become a direct metaphor for the Russian society today