During the course of his travels in the former Soviet Union, French photographer Frederic Chaubin documented an extensive collection of startling architectural artifacts built during the last two decades of the Cold War. The exhibition is a compendium of film stills, drawings, magazine articles, and historical timelines that maps out the complex genealogy of this overlooked but compelling chapter in the history of 20th century design. These monumental buildings are dramatic and exciting in contrast to the repetitive and lifeless architecture typical of the late Soviet era. CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed also traces the intellectual and political undercurrents that act as a backdrop, and at times inspiration, for the work of these Soviet architects.

CCCP is presented in partnership with:
Chicago Sister Cities International Program
The University of Chicago Center for Eastern European and Russian/Eurasian Studies

CCCP was originally curated by the Storefront for Art and Architecture.

Chicago Architecture Foundation