Evgeniya NedosekinaThe Shadow Empire. A Tale of One State (Cherkizovsky

Market) / Buried Freedom (Manezh)

FINAL REVIEW 2010/2011

STRELKA INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

the shadow empireA TALE OF ONE STATE

jenny nedosekina

Founded: 1993Area, ha: 234Government: MonarchyAdministrative division: 12 retail spacesOfficial languages: Chinese, Russian; Tadzhik, Vietnamnese,

Azeri Population: 100 000Currency: Roubles, Dollars, YenNumber of Tourists: 2000 000 per weekendGDP: 110 000 000 $ annually

STATE CHERKIZOVSKY MARKET

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Microeconomics of “suitcase trade”

Shop-tour payment300-400$ for 3-4 day trip

Transport of goodsuse of cargo-carriers

6-7$ per 1kg of product

Salary of market seller150-200$ monthly

rent of trading space 3000-4000$ per 1 sq meter annually

CUSTOMS

CARGO CARRIERS

MIA and FSB

LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MILITIA

SUITCASE TRADERS

SMALL WHOLESALE MARKETS

TRAVEL COMPANY

AIRLINE COMPANY

SHOPS

HOTELS FACTORIES

LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MILITIA

informal control (connected with corruption)

cash flows

movement of goods

Legend

RUSSIA ABROAD

“Ultimately it had the simple effect that a pair of sneakers in Lugansk cost half as much.”

All in all 12 nationalities existed on the market : vietnamese, chinese, korean, indian, afghan, azerbaijan, uighurs, turks, mountain jews, ukranian, tadjik, russian.60 000 chinese17 000 tadjik

7 daily newspapers in chineseAll major market announcements On Cherkizovsky market were broadcast in Russian and Chinese languages

“The abundance of cheap authentic cuisine from all countries represented - certainly (where now can you get the fat-tailed sheep and fresh Chinese greens?).” Arseniy Popov, associate of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Cherkizovsky had such notable landmarks as a Sinagogue, stadium and tadjik consulate

A very special place in Moscow only 20 minutes from the Kremlin . If you're looking for rare Chinese or Vietnamese herbs, ram's testicles, fish sauce, thai massages etc - this is your place.

Public houses, spas, stomatology, kindergartens for the laborers all existed on the market

29.06.2009 Cherkizovsky Market was officially shut down and removed from the register of market territories .12.05.2010 Demolition of structures startedAs of today 70% has been c l e a r e d

Demolished

Empty conteiners

“The results are prison terms, where are the prison terms? A few years back I practically disolved the whole of the Customs administration. And what? The channels are still working as before. On one market there are smuggled goods worth 2 billion dollars!” (Vladimir Putin)

100 000 people left without workDispute between Russia and ChinaCities affected within RussiaFight against counterfeit products

“Such markets are necessary for the city, as not everyone is rich, a lot of people are poor. ”

“Cherkizovsky for me is a synonym of survival.”

“The market was as big as, in my time, vineyards in Moldova, from horizon to horizon. It was immense.”

How to design such an environment of coexistence where communities can create their roots, have a sense of identity and be integrated into a society which is already disintegrated?

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Design as a theme for research is viewed from the perspective of understanding how Design operates in our contemporary society. What are the forces that shape design? What forces does design engage with? And what effects does design trigger?In thinking about how design is impacted by the different fields that support it and also how design itself impacts society we believe that it is relevant to think about the relation between architecture and politics. Of how politics influences design but also on how local space can be a reflection of today's society, of a new form of understanding politics and ultimately as an novel approach to design. (See Boeri, Architecture and/is Politics). Suggested general themes for discussion include the spatialization of politics (architecture as a form giver of politics and politics as a shaping force; the importance of local space and reality); Superplaces (the dialectics between Architecture as physical nature and Architecture as symbolic nature); Geopolitics and the clichés of architecture (politics and the cliché of the public images); Multitude and Polyarchy (contemporary decision making).

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