Konstanty Usenko

was born in 1977 and has been connected to the Jelonki residential district in Warsaw ever since. He plays the cello. His post-punk and industrial tastes were shaped by the sounds of sirens coming from the nearby factory, which woke him every day at 6am while he slept in his 12th floor flat. Today, he wanders between Berlin, Warsaw, and the republics with large ethnic minorities in Volga Federal District. He published a book about counterculture in Russia 100 years after the revolution.
The Sound of Concrete
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Sound of Concrete

In the first instalment of our ‘Eastern Blocks’ series, Konstanty Usenko, a long-time resident of the Jelonki housing estate in Warsaw, remembers life growing up in the concrete jungle.
Konstanty Usenko
Watercolours Under a Spacesuit
World + People
Science

Watercolours Under a Spacesuit

The Space Race was a secretive time for the Soviets. So secretive, that the cosmic spacecraft watercolours painted by the Russian architect Galina Balashova have been completely forgotten.
Konstanty Usenko