История гвоздей в Дальневосточной Республике / The History of Nails

I started reading about the Russian Futurists as a case study; their Agitprop train journeys, their role in the Russian revolution, the promise of the long lost Far Eastern Republic and ultimately the collapse of the movement under the Bolsheviks’ cultural stranglehold - as participants were either co-opted or destroyed by the regime. Unbelievably a few weeks later I received an invitation to take part in an artistic residency aboard the Trans Siberian railway. Trans Sib Lit was organised by The British Council and bought together a group of poets and writers to respond to the journey. We performed in 5 cities from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk in November 2016. I wrote a bunch of songs and shot this short film.