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Internet memes, a speech by Eduard Limonov, and Yaroslavna’s lament. tima ishet svet Light has compiled a chaotic mixtape based on YouTube views.

The Narkomfin Building should have been a manifesto for a new life. The idea was that residents of this «experimental building» would be in collective heaven, dealing with domestic issues together. But the social utopia did not work out: the common spaces—the dining room, kindergarten, and laundry—were only briefly used as intended and soon changed their functions. At various times the building was home to a printing works, artists’ studios, and editorial offices that produced «content.» Today «content» is created by bloggers and tiktokkers, who attract people to the restored building like a magnet.

Comparing the eclectic «windows» of the cells with digital interfaces, tima ishet svet puts together from the infoglut via the monitor of an imaginary resident of one of the Narkomfin Building cells an absurd pseudo-manifesto in which phrases interrupt each other and become meaningless. YouTube memes get mixed up with chanson, and adverts, and politicians’ speeches alternate with popular hits and music from Disney animations.

Cover: Still from the music reality show Fabrika zvezd 4

Bio

tima ishet svet is a multi-genre artist and producer. He became famous thanks to the LP slaughterhouse, which was conceived as a theatrical production. His next album, mirror, was one of the main Russian releases of 2021. In December 2022, he released the single «integrity,» part of the promo for which was a digital confession by a Telegram bot called anton.