Cloud in Trousers

«Cloud in Trousers» — a landmark poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, a manifesto of early Russian futurism and one of the key works of the pre-revolutionary period of the poet's creativity. Originally titled «The Thirteenth Apostle» (the title changed by censorship), it proclaims a radical break with tradition and builds a new poetics of rebellion — love, aesthetic, social, and religious.

The cover designer Alexey Andryushenko:

«I sat down to draw the cover right after reading it — I wanted to express fresh emotions in graphics. I imagined myself as a futurist, disregarded the rules and created the composition in half an hour. The remaining couple of weeks, I only made it worse. Conclusion: create!

I — the element.

Thunder.

Rebel.

The deadline is tight for me, burn the calendar!

Bravely forward, let's tear this page!

Design — a locomotive, I —

am its engineer.»

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