The exposition entitled “Director's Office” was exhibited in September in the Zenobio palazzo, in the premises of the Armenian college, where David Sargsyan himself was very fond of visiting. Now the Venetian exhibition has closed and moved to Moscow, to the Museum of Architecture. As in Venice, there are three screens in the "Ruin" wing: one is broadcasting a film by Andrei Loshak, in which friends and colleagues remember the director MuArt, the other shows a circular photo panorama of his famous office, and on the contrary - shot with the help of a geodetic company and Yuri Grigoryan monochrome 3D measurement of the cherished room. In addition, in the desolate and semi-dark Ruin, there are only lighted candles that mark the boundaries of the wooden walkways.
A lot of warm words were said about David Sargsyan at the opening of the exhibition in Moscow. One of the first to speak to the audience was the new director of the museum, Irina Korobyina. “As it is already well known, after the sudden departure of David Sargsyan, his friends decided to take care of preserving the fancy“collection”of gifts, souvenirs and other trinkets, the meaning of which was probably known only to the owner himself … But none of us then thought about that. that the cabinet will become an independent cultural phenomenon, will be taken out of Russia and will arouse the interest of visitors to the Biennale. However, in Venice this modest exposition aroused genuine interest of visitors, including eminent guests of the international architectural exhibition."
The fate of the cabinet itself, meanwhile, is still not very clear. Everything in it is still carefully preserved in its place, the museum also has plans to show it to visitors by appointment, but the question of how long it will stay in its place and what status it will be given is open. Friends of David Sargsyan decided to immortalize the artifact not only in a panorama and volumetric projection, but also in a book - currently Vladimir Paperny and Elena Gonzalez are collecting materials for it. As Irina Korobyina accurately noted, this will not be an ordinary book: in it, David's personality will appear through the prism of items from his unique collection. True, the exact date of the publication of this publication is still unknown.
