London 1.0., 2021
London streetposters, cardboard, staples, varnish
120 x 46 x 46 cm
Paris, 2021
Paris streetposters, cardboard, staples, varnish    
67 x 42 x 42 cm
 
London 2.0., 2021
London streetposters, cardboard, staples, varnish
100 x 60 x 32 cm
 
Berlin, 2021
Berlin streetposters, cardboard, staples, varnish
170 x 22 x 22 cm
Rotterdam, 2021
Rotterdam streetposters, cardboard, staples, varnish
108 x 36 x 36 cm



SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE
2021–ongoing


As digitization progresses, the era of posters is coming to an end. Layers of information covering city walls will soon vanish. It will take decades before the anthropological value of these paper remnants is recognized as an abundant source of information about what we eat, what we do, who we vote for, and what problems we fight today. But what if it is too late by then? As a curator of current culture, Rita Osipova uses the formal language of the ancient Greeks to create modern artifacts. She collected street posters in Berlin, London, Paris, and Rotterdam and sculpted them into archaeological finds. What is now seen as trash may be unique pieces of heritage in the future.