The ARTPLAY design center hosts a unique platform with many high-tech installations on the theme of space - Solaris.

The organizers of the space are the iVision company, which in 2014 presented the multimedia project “Van Gogh. Living canvases”, thereby opening new format art exhibitions.

Leading developers of virtual reality, the best Russian media artists, professional decorators and directors took part in the work on the project. Their joint work helped to create a truly unearthly atmosphere.

Space as infinity

The mysteries of the universe are countless, and the real dimensions of the cosmos are incomprehensible to human consciousness. The fascinating Solaris installations will tell you about the most interesting phenomena in the universe, take you to stellar infinity and help you see yourself on the scale of the universe. Visitors will be able to experience the heightened gravity of Neptune and Saturn. Thanks to the Marsinator attraction, you can hear how their voice sounds on Mars and Venus, as well as look at the Moon.

Earth as part of space

Thanks to modern projection technologies, Solaris visitors will have the opportunity to walk through the boiling lava of volcanoes that changed the face of the Earth many years ago, as well as see the evolution of life on Earth through the prism of a breathtaking video installation by iconic Russian media artists.

Space as a fantasy

The installation on the theme of the most mysterious cosmic phenomenon "Black Hole" will take visitors beyond the known horizon. Once inside, everyone will experience the refraction of space and time.

Through the Black Hole, visitors will be transported to a fantastic exoplanet, where, thanks to virtual reality technologies, it will be possible to create and live in a huge projection space of your own space pet.

Space as virtual reality

Space tourism has existed for quite a long time, but is still not available to everyone, because it costs truly "space" money. The Solaris control room contains attractions that will allow everyone to make a space journey thanks to the Oculus Rift virtual reality helmets. In addition, Solaris will feature Falling into a Wormhole, an original game that was specially developed for the project and will be demonstrated in Moscow for the first time.

Space as an endless possibility of knowledge

Also, specifically for the Solaris project, iVision created a sci-fi multimedia show “Secrets of Space. Time travel". The video is shown on huge screens in a 180-degree panorama.

The Big Bang, the birth of the Sun, the Fairy's collision with the Earth, the flight to the borders of the Milky Way, the colonization of Mars - these are the main points of the journey through time and space, during which visitors will find not only interesting scientific facts and bold hypotheses, but also breathtaking special effects and beautiful space views.

In addition, the organizers of the Solaris interactive outer space prepared exciting master classes, a space cafe and many other pleasant surprises for their guests.

Ticket price:

• "Space Monday", all categories of tickets - 350 rubles;
• Weekdays: preferential - 350 rubles; adult - 450 rubles; family 2 + 1 - 1100 rubles; family 2+2 — 1200 rub.
• Weekends: preferential - 400 rubles; adult - 550 rubles; family 2 + 1 - 1300 rubles; family 2+2 — 1500 rub.
• People with disabilities, WWII veterans and children under 4 (accompanied by parents) are entitled to free admission.

In 2016, there was a boom in space exhibitions in Moscow. The permanent exhibitions of the Museum of Cosmonautics and the Planetarium were supplemented by the conceptual atmospheric exhibition Solaris at Artplay, the Polytechnic University brought the exhibition "Space: the birth of a new era" touring there from London to VDNKh, and the exhibition "Russian Space" was opened at the Moscow Multimedia Art Museum. I went around everything, and now I share my impressions and recommendations about what I saw.

Solaris on Artplay

There is very little actual cosmonautics here, but there are many attempts to express the feeling of space by various technological and artistic means. The organizers previously held the exhibition "Van Gogh Living Canvases", now they have switched to space. I wonder if Cord will write a song about her?

Solaris visitors will be able to:
Feel the force of attraction on Uranus.

Look at the moon.

Dive into the black hole, go through it all, coming out the other side.

The exhibition is of little interest to those who are interested in science and technology, but may appeal to those who are interested in space as a premonition. Despite the alien flora and fauna, a black hole through the looking glass, and periodically appearing aliens, the exhibition cannot be called fantastic, it is precisely the artist’s view of the very real space and an attempt to display it with accessible means on the fifth floor of the former instrument-making plant "Manometer".

The place is quite suitable for spending an hour or two in a dark room thinking about space, watching a movie or a science show with pyrotechnics and a Tesla coil.

"Space: the birth of a new era"

This exhibition "Polytech" collected "from the world by thread" from exhibits and real engineering models and prototypes that were stored at enterprises and in educational institutions rocket and space industry. You can see it in Pavilion No. 1 at VDNKh.

Something here is similar to the collection of the Museum of Cosmonautics, but some items are unique and cannot be seen anywhere else unless there is a special pass. Oddly enough, the British were the first to see the exhibition en masse in London. We were lucky that after returning the exhibits were not taken back to the storages and secret hangars. I'm afraid no one would have done this especially for Russia, so we have to inspect the British.

At the exhibition you can see the original Voskhod spacecraft, from which the spacewalk was carried out for the first time in the history of astronautics.

Separately exhibited almost the entire range of domestic spacesuits from the early "Berkut" to the prototypes created for the experiment "Mars-500".

A lot of attention is paid to life support systems and crew work.

In appearance, some devices look like mysterious black metal boxes, but if you look at the description and at least an approximate structure, you simply realize that without these bulky boxes, Gagarin's flight or the long-term work of Mir would have been impossible.

So, this exhibition is the unconditional choice of engineers and all lovers of the history of Russian cosmonautics.

Although the physician will also find curious moments for himself.

And a dresser.

And a designer.

About the development of the design of spacecraft and stations previously came out.

At the "Birth of a New Era" attention was also paid to unmanned astronautics, but less than manned. The collection loses to the Museum of Cosmonautics, where you can see full-size models, not large-scale ones.

Although something can be seen in a single copy. For example, an engineering model of Venera-7, which once underwent thermal vacuum tests before the flight of a real apparatus.

The main highlight of the program of the exhibition is the Soviet "Lunnik" - a manned lander, which was prepared for landing on the moon during the lunar race.

Lunnik was given a separate room with an additional viewing gallery, allowing you to view the device from all sides.

In the corners of the hall, broadcasts of a vintage film by Pyotr Klushantsev about landing on the moon were broadcast.

After the moonlight, the exhibition ends, which leaves a dreary aftertaste about former greatness and unfulfilled feats. Here Roskosmos would put up "Luna-25" or "Federation" or "Radioastron" to make it clear that the cause of the heroes of the past is not forgotten and space will be ours.

"Russian space"

The most stupid exhibition on seven floors, of which there really is something to look at on two.

The view is from top to bottom. On the upper floors, you can see even more design concepts that have become the basis for the construction of Soyuz, Salyut and Mir.

One floor below, Tsiolkovsky's sketches, amazing in their foresight, are worth attention. I can't even believe that the power of the mind of a simple school teacher could look almost a century into the future and see in such detail the details of everyday cosmic work.

The hall with historical astrophotographs is also interesting:

Nevertheless, viewing the exhibition is included in the ticket paid for "Russian Space".

You can calm your conscience for the money spent only at the very bottom, where the very sphere that delivered Gagarin to and from space is installed.

Tickets: 500 rubles.

Recently, the original Gagarin Vostok was restored at Energia and is now being shown to everyone. If there is no desire or opportunity to go to the exhibition, to workplace Gagarin can

Moscow space exhibitions July 20th, 2016

In 2016, there was a boom in space exhibitions in Moscow. The permanent exhibitions of the Museum of Cosmonautics and the Planetarium were supplemented by the conceptual atmospheric exhibition Solaris at Artplay, the Polytechnic University brought the exhibition "Space: the birth of a new era" touring there from London to VDNKh, and the exhibition "Russian Space" was opened at the Moscow Multimedia Art Museum. I went around everything, and now I share my impressions and recommendations about what I saw.

Solaris on Artplay

There is very little actual cosmonautics here, but there are many attempts to express the feeling of space by various technological and artistic means. The organizers previously held the exhibition "Van Gogh Living Canvases", now they have switched to space. I wonder if Cord will write a song about her?

Solaris visitors will be able to:
Feel the force of attraction on Uranus.

Look at the moon.

Dive into the black hole, go through it all, coming out the other side.

The exhibition is of little interest to those who are interested in science and technology, but may appeal to those who are interested in space as a premonition. Despite the alien flora and fauna, a black hole through the looking glass, and periodically appearing aliens, the exhibition cannot be called fantastic, it is precisely the artist’s view of the very real space and an attempt to display it with accessible means on the fifth floor of the former instrument-making plant "Manometer".

The place is quite suitable for spending an hour or two in a dark room thinking about space, watching a movie or a science show with pyrotechnics and a Tesla coil.

Note: six months ago I wrote about . This is NOT THE SHOW, so tickets purchased through Boomstarter are not valid there. I will write more about this.

"Space: the birth of a new era"

This exhibition "Polytech" has collected "from the world by thread" from exhibits and real engineering models and prototypes that were stored at enterprises and educational institutions of the rocket and space industry. You can see it in Pavilion No. 1 at VDNKh.

Something here is similar to the collection of the Museum of Cosmonautics, but some items are unique and cannot be seen anywhere else unless there is a special pass. Oddly enough, the British were the first to see the exhibition en masse in London. We were lucky that after returning the exhibits were not taken back to the storages and secret hangars. I'm afraid no one would have done this especially for Russia, so we have to inspect the British.

At the exhibition you can see the original Voskhod spacecraft, from which the spacewalk was carried out for the first time in the history of astronautics.

Separately exhibited almost the entire range of domestic spacesuits from the early "Berkut" to the prototypes created for the experiment "Mars-500".

A lot of attention is paid to life support systems and crew work.

In appearance, some devices look like mysterious black metal boxes, but if you look at the description and at least an approximate structure, you simply realize that without these bulky boxes, Gagarin's flight or the long-term work of Mir would have been impossible.

So, this exhibition is the unconditional choice of engineers and all lovers of the history of Russian cosmonautics.

Although the physician will also find curious moments for himself.

And a dresser.

And a designer.

About the development of the design of spacecraft and stations previously came out.

At the "Birth of a New Era" attention was also paid to unmanned astronautics, but less than manned. The collection loses to the Museum of Cosmonautics, where you can see full-size models, not large-scale ones.

Although something can be seen in a single copy. For example, an engineering model of Venera-7, which once underwent thermal vacuum tests before the flight of a real apparatus.

The main highlight of the program of the exhibition is the Soviet "Lunnik" - a manned lander, which was prepared for landing on the moon during the lunar race.

Lunnik was given a separate room with an additional viewing gallery, allowing you to view the device from all sides.

In the corners of the hall, broadcasts of a vintage film by Pyotr Klushantsev about landing on the moon were broadcast.

After the moonlight, the exhibition ends, which leaves a dreary aftertaste about past greatness and unfulfilled feats. Here Roskosmos would put up "Luna-25" or "Federation" or "Radioastron" to make it clear that the cause of the heroes of the past is not forgotten and space will be ours.

"Russian space"

The most stupid exhibition on seven floors, of which there really is something to look at on two.

The view is from top to bottom. On the upper floors, you can see even more design concepts that have become the basis for the construction of Soyuz, Salyut and Mir.

One floor below, Tsiolkovsky's sketches, amazing in their foresight, are worth attention. I can't even believe that the power of the mind of a simple school teacher could look almost a century into the future and see in such detail the details of everyday cosmic work.

The hall with historical astrophotographs is also interesting:

Nevertheless, viewing the exhibition is included in the ticket paid for "Russian Space".

You can calm your conscience for the money spent only at the very bottom, where the very sphere that delivered Gagarin to and from space is installed.

Tickets: 500 rubles.

Recently, the original Gagarin Vostok was restored at Energia and is now being shown to everyone. If there is no desire or opportunity to go to the exhibition, Gagarin's workplace can be

In 2016, there was a boom in space exhibitions in Moscow. The permanent exhibitions of the Museum of Cosmonautics and the Planetarium were supplemented by the conceptual atmospheric exhibition Solaris at Artplay, the Polytechnic University brought the exhibition “Space: the birth of a new era” touring there from London to VDNKh, and the exhibition “Russian Space” was opened at the Moscow Multimedia Art Museum. I went around everything, and now I share my impressions and recommendations about what I saw.

Solaris on Artplay

There is very little actual cosmonautics here, but there are many attempts to express the feeling of space by various technological and artistic means. The organizers previously held the exhibition “Van Gogh Living Canvases”, now they have switched to space. I wonder if Cord will write a song about her?

Solaris visitors will be able to:
Feel the force of attraction on Uranus.

Look at the moon.

Dive into the black hole, go through it all, coming out the other side.

The exhibition is of little interest to those who are interested in science and technology, but may appeal to those who are interested in space as a premonition. Despite the alien flora and fauna, a black hole in the looking glass, and periodically appearing aliens, the exhibition cannot be called fantastic, it is precisely the artist’s view of the very real space and an attempt to display it with accessible means on the fifth floor of the former instrument-making plant “Manometer”.

The place is quite suitable for spending an hour or two in a dark room thinking about space, watching a movie or a science show with pyrotechnics and a Tesla coil.

Tickets from 315 to 500 rubles.

“Space: the birth of a new era”

This exhibition "Polytech" collected "from the world by thread" from the exhibits and real engineering models and prototypes that were stored at enterprises and educational institutions of the rocket and space industry. You can see it in Pavilion No. 1 at VDNKh.

Something here is similar to the collection of the Museum of Cosmonautics, but some items are unique and cannot be seen anywhere else unless there is a special pass. Oddly enough, the British were the first to see the exhibition en masse in London. We were lucky that after returning the exhibits were not taken back to the storages and secret hangars. I'm afraid no one would have done this especially for Russia, so we have to inspect the British.

At the exhibition you can see the original Voskhod spacecraft, from which the spacewalk was carried out for the first time in the history of astronautics.

Almost the entire range of domestic space suits from the early Berkut to the prototypes created for the Mars-500 experiment is exhibited separately.

A lot of attention is paid to life support systems and crew work.

In appearance, some devices look like mysterious black metal boxes, but if you look at the description and at least an approximate structure, you get a simple realization that without these bulky boxes, Gagarin's flight or the long-term work of Mir would have been impossible.

So, this exhibition is the unconditional choice of engineers and all lovers of the history of Russian cosmonautics.

Although the physician will also find curious moments for himself.

And a dresser.

And a designer.

An interesting material was previously published about the development of the design of spacecraft and stations.

Unmanned astronautics at the "Birth of a New Era" also received attention, but less than manned. The collection loses to the Museum of Cosmonautics, where you can see full-size models, not large-scale ones.

Although something can be seen in a single copy. For example, an engineering model of Venera-7, which once underwent thermal vacuum tests before the flight of a real apparatus.

The main highlight of the exhibition program is the Soviet "Lunnik" - a manned lander, which was prepared for landing on the moon during the lunar race.

Lunnik was given a separate room with an additional viewing gallery, allowing you to view the device from all sides.

In the corners of the hall, broadcasts of a vintage film by Pyotr Klushantsev about landing on the moon were broadcast.

After the moonlight, the exhibition ends, which leaves a dreary aftertaste about past greatness and unfulfilled feats. Here Roskosmos would put up “Luna-25” or “Federation” or “Radioastron” to make it clear that the cause of the heroes of the past is not forgotten and space will be ours.

Tickets: 250 rubles.

"Russian space"

The most stupid exhibition on seven floors, of which there really is something to look at on two.

The view is from top to bottom. On the upper floors, you can see even more design concepts that have become the basis for the design of Soyuz, Salyut and Mir.

One floor below, Tsiolkovsky's sketches, amazing in their foresight, are worth attention. I can't even believe that the power of the mind of a simple school teacher could look almost a century into the future and see in such detail the details of everyday cosmic work.

The hall with historical astrophotographs is also interesting:

However, viewing the exhibition is included in the ticket paid for "Russian Space".

You can calm your conscience for the money spent only at the very bottom, where the very sphere that delivered Gagarin to and from space is installed.

Tickets: 500 rubles.

Recently, the original Gagarin Vostok was restored at Energia and is now being shown to everyone. If there is no desire or opportunity to go to the exhibition, you can take a virtual look at Gagarin's workplace thanks to photographer Andrei Bodrov.

The appearance of such exhibition abundance is not accidental. On the one hand, all exhibitions are dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Gagarin's flight. But on the other hand, the increased public interest in the space theme is obviously influenced by the success of private astronautics, the information policy of Roscosmos and the efforts of popularizers. Another factor has changed from previous years: Roscosmos has become more open. If two years ago, pulling the Lunokhod and Venus to Igromir was practically a feat, not thanks, but in spite of it, but now it is easier with this. You can negotiate with the press service of Roskosmos and they do not need to explain why this is necessary.

Now they would facilitate access to closed museums at enterprises, there are still a lot of space treasures in store, and it’s a sin to hide them from the people who ensured their creation.