Petersburg Mysteries of Mr. Designer: The Story of a Cult Mystic Thriller with Music by Sergey Kuryokhin

Metsur Volde – a journalist, artist, and musician. A researcher of mass culture in Leningrad-St. Petersburg from the 1980s to the 1990s. The creator of the projects SLiVY, DIZAIN, and LediZain, author of the book about the drummer of the band "Kino" titled "Georgy Gurianov: I Am Art." His works have been displayed at various group exhibitions, and three solo exhibitions have been organized: "G.G. Portraits," "Petrograd Evening and Graphic," and "Tsoi. Around 'Kino.'" The story of the main mystical film on our screen – "Mr. Designer" (1988) – has been shrouded in various mysteries and myths from the very beginning. Decades later, interest in the film does not fade: it intrigues with its penetrating music and atmospheric sound palette; it makes one ponder the hidden meanings embedded in the work; images and visions immerse the viewer in an illusory world, directly sending them to pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg, to the era of the Silver Age. And this book – as if an exploration – will allow the reader to look deeper into the history of the creation of Oleg Teptsov's work, to learn how he managed to literally transform the consciousness of our cinema audience, creating a stylish modernist masterpiece at the turning point of epochs. Metsur Volde