Brodsky and Utkin

My animation teacher this past year shared the genius and creativity of Brodsky and Utkin with my class. They were architects in the Soviet Union during the 1970's. At the time it was impossible for them to fulfill their artistic ambitions, so they resorted to becoming "paper architects", drawing fanciful structures that were never intended to be built. How cool would it be if these bridges were real though?!

 

A Bridge for Real Travelers

“A real traveler needs a real trial. A real traveler must be ready for anything during his journey. This bridge between two islands is invisible but mighty. It connects the islands  but doesn't change the landscape. Walking along it in calm and crossing the conventional boundary the traveler feels himself on the real boundary between sky and ocean.”

Bridge

A bridge above the precipice in the high mountains. A chapel with glass walls, glass roof and glass floor, standing over the fathomless, endless crack between two abysses- upper and lower.