Oct. 10, 2024, noon
Revised: 8 November 2026
After VDNH: a new venue for the Russia exhibition
After the Russia exhibition at VDNH ended, our blog carried a short report about the next stage of its story. The report described preparations for the National Centre Russia in Moscow, with plans for permanent and temporary exhibitions, meetings and events.
From a temporary event to continuing work
The new venue was intended to build on the exhibition experience and continue telling the stories of Russia’s regions. A long-running exhibition raises a different set of questions for a multimedia team: how to update material, sustain visitors’ interest and keep the interaction understandable over time.
For us, the news connected with work we had already completed. At the VDNH exhibition, we had contributed interactive installations to regional displays. That experience formed the background to our studio report about the exhibition’s future.
What happened to the installations
According to our account at the time, some installations travelled to the regions after the exhibition. An exhibition project can continue beyond its original venue: its setting, audience and context change while the material remains in use.
We retain this post as a record of that transition. It describes the plans being discussed then and the studio’s experience at the completed exhibition. Information about the new venue belongs to the time of the original announcement.