Thirty-Three Characters is an exhibition by the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in partnership with the ARKI Creative Workshop and the HSE Art and Design School in St Petersburg. The exhibition, held with the participation of the Innovation and Youth Initiative Support Foundation of St Petersburg, brings together a series of street installations dedicated to the Cyrillic alphabet. It reveals the interrelation between traditional Russian culture, modern art, contemporary font design and typography, and St Petersburg’s unique city landscape.
The centrepiece of the exhibition will be an enormous labyrinth built in the shape of an «a» letter. As the visitor explores it, they not only delve into a playful, large-scale installation, but also begin to view Cyrillic letters from a completely new perspective.
Idea — Andrey Punin, Mitya Kharshak,
Yury Gordon
Curator — Mitya Kharshak
Architect — Andrey Punin
