The Zotov Centre’s publishing programme is dedicated to preserving and rethinking the legacy of Constructivism, as well as documenting and promoting the results of the Centre’s research and educational work. The Centre publishes academic studies, exhibition catalogues, and non-fiction titles that introduce readers of all ages to Constructivism.
In addition to its own publications, the Centre collaborates with partner publishers and supports projects that promote the culture of the 1910s to 1930s, while preserving and reinterpreting the artistic heritage of the Constructivist era.
One of the Zotov Centre’s key goals is to create a “Library of Constructivism”, a body of resources that can serve both professionals and a wider audience as a starting point for exploring the world of avant-garde ideas and meanings.
1922. Constructivism. The Beginning
The catalogue for the Zotov Centre’s first exhibition (2022) which explored the origins of Constructivism and its manifestations not only in architecture but also in literature, music, painting, theatre, film, and everyday life in the 1920s. It also traced its influence on the material culture of the following century.
Logos: The Voice of Constructivism
The catalogue of the exhibition of the same name (2023) dedicated to the evolution of language during a time of social change, from “laboratory” experiments with language to its emergence in the urban environment, where words became part of everyday revolutionary life. “Construemes and speech-sounds, posters, stills from animated films and pages from post-reform spelling books are presented in a publication that continues the best traditions of graphic design.
Winner of the ‘Book of the Year – 2023’ award in the category ‘The Art of Printing.’
To Work and Live. Constructivist Architecture. 1917–1937
Published to accompany the large-scale research exhibition of the same name (2024), this book traces the journey from the idea of universal welfare and the first attempts to implement it through architecture to the utopian projects of the 1930s that marked the end of the avant-garde era. Its pages present forgotten, unrealised, and impossible Constructivist projects alongside preserved architectural masterpieces, sketching out a world where a new person could live happily and work efficiently.
Automated Bakery No. 5. Masterpieces of the Avant-Garde
The story of Moscow’s first automated bakery, constructed using the engineering system by Georgy Marsakov. This unique feat of engineering and monument of Constructivist architecture, now restored, is home to the Zotov Centre, a space where every visitor can take part in the ongoing exploration of the Constructivist legacy.
Forever Yours, P…
An informal guide to Presnya, created by Alla Mirovskaya’s Laboratory. The past and present of the neighbourhood, seen through the lens of cultural theorists, anthropologists, and urban researchers.
Build the Bakery
An educational colouring book with stickers, answering the most common questions from our younger visitors: “Why is the bakery round?”, “How was bread baked here?”, “Who worked in the bakery, and how?”
Mayakovsky / Lissitzky
For the VoiceZotov × Art Volkhonka
A facsimile edition of what is perhaps the most iconic book of Russian Constructivism, accompanied by commentary from Andrey Rossomakhin, one of today’s leading scholars of avant-garde literature.
Tanya Safonova
Land of Constructivism. An Atlas of a New Life
Zotov × A+A
An illustrated guide to the Constructivist era that helped shape the modern world: a journey from A to Z through new art, new everyday life, new architecture, new books, and new people.
Ilya Starkov
The ABC of the Avant-Garde. The Book of the New Everyday
Zotov × MIRA
An anthology of avant-garde ABCs, presented in an authentic Constructivist format. Inside this “ABC book” are images, slogans, names, phenomena, and quotations, brought together in a montage-like rhythm typical of the period, creating a vivid atmosphere of the time.
Kirill Goryachok
Kino-Eyes: Dziga Vertov’s School
Zotov × Boslen
A biography of the avant-garde film group Kino-Eyes, set against the tragic story of their leader — the brilliant and daring innovator Dziga Vertov. A pioneer of documentary cinema and the kino-eye theory, Vertov is best known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929). From “I” to “We” and back again.
Vera Miturich-Khlebnikova
Clouds. The Khlebnikovs: A Family Chronicle
Zotov × Art Volkhonka
A captivating family history compiled by Vera Miturich-Khlebnikova from archival materials. The book includes letters, memoirs, and over 300 illustrations that immerse the reader in the rich cultural life of early 20th-century Russia. Special attention is given to the striking figure of the talented artist and writer Vera Khlebnikova, as well as the lives of her brothers, including the genius Velimir Khlebnikov.
