Under-ART-ed

Chances are – you aren’t aware of Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Garri Bardin, Vladimir Tarasov or that There Lived Kozyavin , or the harsh truth they presented – unless you grew up in the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, whilst many Disney animations lost their relevance in my life other than their obvious nostalgic worth, a weird turn of events exposed me to the lost world of Soviet animation and their ever-relevant messages as I near my legal drinking age. My first encounter with a soviet animation (stop motion), was a Facebook video, with the work’s crux dealing with the concept of miscommunication and man’s tendency to enforce one’s own understanding over another. However, if I were to try explaining the video with just my words to compensate for my inability to have retrieved the lost work, I’d just be confirming the video’s message more. Instead, I’ll thank it for having made me aware of the existence of old soviet animation, which led me down the journey of salvaging a sizeable number, if not...