The Life and Work of Azazello - Hippie, Poet and Artist
Azazello's world and work
Azazello was a true creature of the late socialist underground: streetwise, subcultural, rebellious, and yet unmistakably Soviet. Azazello's world was not guided by socialist norms. It was a world of people seeking kaif - an elusive non-Soviet pleasure.
The 'Azazello archive'in the context of Azazello's social and cultural surroundings, its literary tradition and inspiration, and its rootedness in Soviet aesthetics.
Azazello chronicled his life not in diary form, but in hundreds and hundreds of pages of painting, notes, song texts and contact details written in thirty-six small notebooks, whose period of production ranged from 1972 to 1993. He also wrote hundreds of poems, which mostly deal with his personal life and collective sentiments prominent in his circle.
