Interview with the Moscow diggers
The Russian pavilion at the 2019 Milan Triennale, titled “The Moscow River Age,” explored the history and development of Moscow’s river system. The pavilion was awarded the Third Prize.
Dozens of Moscow River tributaries are partially or fully enclosed in underground collectors. It means that hundreds of kilometers of alienated land are officially accessible only to specialized maintenance personnel.
The decline of the USSR and the 1990s saw the rise of the digger movement. Diggers — illegal researchers of the river and the Moscow sewerage system — are the only source of information about the underground rivers of the megalopolis.
HD video, screen 7″ timing 19′ 21″, electronic components.
