New exhibition of the project "Moscow without suburbs", which will tell about Kapotnya

On November 17, the Museum of Moscow opens a new exhibition of an interdisciplinary project about districts and for districts "Moscow without outskirts". The first exposition told about Taganka, the second will be devoted to Kapotnya - an industrial area near the Moscow Ring Road, which in recent years has increasingly attracted the interest of researchers and citizens.

Kapotnya is a unique area with its own special internal structure and way of life. There is a city-forming enterprise, residential areas, green areas and infrastructure facilities. Having become part of Moscow in 1960, Kapotnya is today a well-maintained area, an important part of the metropolis.

Modern Kapotnya inherits the Soviet tradition of urban space planning and develops in accordance with current trends in urban planning and landscaping. Located here, the Moscow Refinery supplies fuel to gas stations and airports in the capital, and the area itself demonstrates a unique model for building a local identity that includes industry, natural landscapes and the charm of everyday small-town life.

Kapotnya is an area where, according to local residents, everyone knows each other. The history of the place will be presented through the stories and memories of people. Thus, the section of the exhibition dedicated to the layout and internal structure will combine architectural and urban planning documents with personal stories and family photographs. The part of the exposition, collected by the residents themselves, will feature both family relics, for example, a collection of commemorative badges of the Moscow Oil Refinery, and household items, behind which are hidden subjects important for the region, among which are items bought in the Kapotno Department Store, which were in Soviet times one of the best shops in the capital.

Contemporary artists joined the process of preparing the exhibition and interacting with the residents of the area. Documentary filmmaker Natalya Kasyanova filmed a lyrical video sketch about the life of Kapotno pensioners, and sound artist Oleg Makarov created an audio installation uniting a collection of sounds collected in the area. The artists of the Free Workshops School of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art organized a series of drifts - spontaneous walks along Kapotnya, which inspired them to create photographs, videos, sculptures, objects and even a small street art project.

Exhibitors

Citizens: Raisa Akatova, Viktor Akatov, Raisa Aladysheva, Alexander Barsukov, Nikolay Borisov, Olga Vakulenko, Stepan Vaneyan, Vyacheslav Generalov, Svetlana Gracheva, Alexey Drozdov, Yuri Erokhin, Tatiana Zorya, Anna Kan, Tatiana Kononova, Irina Korotkova, Alexander Knyaz Gennady Kuzovlev, Irina Kuzovleva, Vladimir Malenkin, Valentina Mamonova, Tamara Masterkova, Lyudmila Mostovaya, Klara Nazarova, Nikita Nayanzin, Maria Oblitsova, Zoya Ovsyannikova, Tatyana Pimenova, Dmitry Polishchuk, Inna Popova, Nikolai Provorov, Svetlana Samelkova, Selena Ryazantseva, Svetlana Ryazantseva, Boris Solodov, Olga Troshina, Sergey Kharin, Lyudmila Shabalina, Yuri Shalimov, Anna Yurova

Students of the School in Kapotnya: Madina Glazunova, Polina Zueva, Alexandra Kononova, Anna Kochetkova, Polina Loseva, Nikita Lukin, Alexandra Melnikova, Veronika Myssenkova, Artemy Novikov, Artyom Petrov, Maria Polyanskaya, Kuzma Popov, Daria Raschepkina, Victoria Ryabinina, Trunova, Sophia Feigina, Elizaveta Chegadaeva, Olesya Yazeva

Sound artist: Oleg Makarov
Documentary filmmaker: Natalya Kasyanova
Photographer of the "Kapotnya Nature" section: Viktor Lyagushkin

Artists of the Free Workshops School of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art: Evgeny Averin, Maria Arkhipova and Dmitry Ignatiev, Olga Gorodenskaya, Gleb Zyryanov, Tanya Makarova, Elina Marusova, Galina Maslennikova, Varvara Morozova, Kristina Pashkova, Anna Sapunova, Alena Troitskaya, Pavel Chekulaev

Experts, consultants and research assistants: Varvara Andreeva, Amir Gainutdinov, Elizaveta Kazakova, Natalia Katonova, Marina Kryshtaleva, Nadezhda Lozina, Ilya Markov, Alla Mirovskaya, as well as the team of the "Kapotnya Nature" section - Glafira Parinos, Elena Uglovskaya and Margarita Atroshchenko

The project was implemented with the support of:
Moscow Oil Refinery as part of the Rodnye Gorod social investment program of Gazprom Neft

Project partners:
Administration of the Kapotnya district of Moscow
City State Budgetary Educational Institution of the City of Moscow "School in
Kapotnya"
State Budgetary Institution of Culture of the City of Moscow "Palace of Culture" Kapotnya " State Budgetary Educational Institution of the Moscow City Children’s Music School named after N. N. Kalinin
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Union of Veterans of JSC Gazpromneft - MNPZ "
State Budgetary Institution" Sports School of the Olympic Reserve No. 63 "Smena"
Library No. 134 State Budgetary Institution of Culture of Moscow "TsBS YuVAO"
State Biological Museum named after A.K. Timiryazev

About the project "Moscow without suburbs"

Moscow without Suburbs is a project dedicated to the local identity of urban areas, launched by the Museum of Moscow in July 2021. The hero of each exhibition season is chosen one of the districts of Moscow, the study and representation of which the museum team is engaged in together with local residents, experts and artists. The result of the research work is an exhibition where the memories of townspeople, family photographs and household items coexist with exhibits from museum collections, archival and library materials, as well as works of contemporary art specially created for the project. The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive event program that takes place in the museum and in the region. The project has a separate site bezokrain. moscow, where news, articles and archives are published. There are also townspeople wishing to share their stories and exhibits,can fill out a special online form.