« To Everyone The fact that I die is no one’s fault and, please, don’t gossip. The deceased especially hate that. Mama, sisters and comrades, forgive me, it’s not the best way (I don’t recommend it to others), but I have no other exit. Lilia-love me. My Comrade Government, my family is Lilia Brik, my

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mother, my sisters, and Veronica Vitoldovna Polonskaya. If you can arrage a tolerable life for them- thanks. Give my poems in progress to the Brik family, they will take care of them. As they say: “the final juicy incident is closed” my beloved boat is broken on the rocks of daily life. I’ve paid my debts and no longer need to count pains I’ve suffered at the hands of others The misfortunes and the insults. Good luck to those who remain Vladimir Mayakovsky. » The images you will observe are from the suicide letter of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky written on April 12, 1930 at 10 am. I became interested in this letter because it contains everything that composes and defines this important poet. It intertwines emotions, contradictory sensations where hatred and love are the main ones addressed. My goal was to try to act as if we were in the head of this poet where something is spreading and feelings of comfort and isolation surround us.

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Date

2019

Typologies

Photomontage, Photography, Analogic

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