"Moscow... yada yada, Moscow...!"

These architectural artworks look amazing. Classical and yet futuristic in a way. Kind of sad that they were never realized. They kind of remind me of the buildings in the movie Metropolis. Those humongous buildings are usually representing the pride and strength of a country. Just look at the monstrocities the National Sozialists in the Third Reich built. They also thought "bigger is better", however their buildings always lacked some sort of class. There are not many left either. Also let's not forget that huge representative buildings like that usually walk hand in hand with a totalitarian government (i.e. "communist" dictatorships, Nazis etc ). So wheras they are "supposed" to unite the people and make them proud, most associate fear and oppression with them. Nonetheless buildings so huge have a certain appeal. I don't know. Maybe it's just my admiration for futuristic art and books from the beginning of the last century, when the industrialization made creative people imagine all sorts of things. My favourite Polish writer is Stanislav Lem whose works revolve around those futuristic themes.

I am also kind of sad that we can't go to the EXPO in Japan this year. There are so many cool future-related expositions I would so love to see it. Just look at this new Power Plant. Extremely cool, ne?