How Khrzhanovskiy’s DAU was Tailored

An Interview with Costume Designers

  • Liubov’ Mingazitinova
  • Nadia Plungian
Keywords: Denis Shibanov, Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Leningrad, Kharkiv, Moscow, Lenfilm, film production, historical costume, uniform, Soviet material culture, props, archive, collection, reconstruction and shift, hypertrophy, GOST (state quality standard), texture, fabric, clothes, colour, silhouette, image, tailoring, costume psychology, fashion, body techniques, environment, DAU set, feeling, aesthetic

Abstract

In April 2020, at the time of the release of the DAU films on the Internet, art historian Nadia Plungian interviewed the costume designers from the DAU project. Liubov’ Mingazitinova collected their responses from this unpublished interview for this special issue of Apparatus. The artists share their recollections of working in St. Petersburg and Kharkiv, discuss their concepts of costume design and share their unpublished sketches.

Published
2022-07-01
How to Cite
Mingazitinova, Liubov’, and Nadia Plungian. 2022. “How Khrzhanovskiy’s DAU Was Tailored: An Interview With Costume Designers”. Apparatus. Film, Media and Digital Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, no. 14 (July). https://www.apparatusjournal.net/index.php/apparatus/article/view/302.
Issue
No. 14 (2022): Soviet Playtime: Architectures of Power and Profligacy in DAU
Section
Interviews

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