Arktorium, a new museum currently under construction on the Arctic Circle's Yamal Peninsula, offers a captivating exploration of every aspect of Arctic life across an impressive 90,000 square feet of permanent exhibits. The museum focuses on the region's fascinating history and unique natural environment, taking visitors on a captivating journey through time and space. In addition to exploring the past, Arktorium looks to the future, emphasizing the challenges that humanity will face in exploring and inhabiting this remote region. Arktorium aims to educate visitors about pressing issues, such as climate change and the impact of human activity on fragile ecosystems, which must be addressed to protect the Arctic for generations to come. Arktorium also highlights the traditional ways of life of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic, as well as the contemporary challenges they face in adapting to modernization and globalization.

In 2021, the Russian art world saw the opening of Renzo Piano’s “GES-2,” a cultural center in Moscow run by the V-A-C Foundation. The building, which used to be a power plant, has been transformed into a space for exhibitions, music, theatre, and educational projects and has become one of Moscow’s most prominent cultural landmarks.

The highlight of the center’s first season was “Santa Barbara — Living Sculpture,” a performance art piece by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson. Under Kjartansson’s direction, the Lorem Ipsum team produced, staged, and shot 100 episodes of the soap opera in 100 days. Each episode was shot in a single take, with actors working as if they were in a theatre. The sets, costumes, and props were identical to those used in the original serial.

The grandiose set features the mechanisms of the theatre and film industry functioning as a dynamic sculpture, synchronizing the past with the present and the future. Kjartansson’s “Santa Barbara” is also a reflection of the influence of fiction on history, modernity, and reality. The performance addresses the pervasiveness of fabricated events, the multiplicity of pseudo-realities, and all the signs of today’s mass media.

Commissioned by the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, the immersive exhibition “Corridors: Seven Worlds of Vysotsky” celebrates the creative heritage of one of the most revered poets and performers of 20th-century Russia. Each hall in the exhibition space combines ultra-realistic decor with multimedia elements, representing a frozen film frame dedicated to a specific theme in Vysotsky’s creative legacy and a particular period in Soviet Union history.

The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, also known as the Yeltsin Center, is a museum dedicated to commemorating the first democratically elected president of Russia and presenting the country’s modern history with cutting-edge exhibition methods. The Lorem Ipsum team created all the media content that visitors encounter at the Yeltsin Center, which is featured throughout the museum. For three years, our team traveled to numerous countries to conduct over one hundred exclusive interviews, collect documentary materials from archival sources around the world, and produce thousands of hours of multimedia and interactive programs.

The exhibition “The Warmth of the Arctic,” which is devoted to the Yamal peninsula, is centered around a paradoxical contrast: Yamal is situated in the remote Arctic north, yet radiates warmth far beyond its geographic boundaries—both in a physical and metaphorical sense. The exhibition narrates the tale of this warmth in its various forms, including the oil and gas sector, the culture of the native northern peoples, and the past, present, and future of the region.

The Zoya Memorial & Museum Complex tells the story of the Battle of Moscow, a crucial turning point in the Great Patriotic War, while also incorporating the tragic account of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, an 18-year-old female partisan who was the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The Lorem Ipsum team conceptualized, developed, and designed the museum, as well as created all of its media content.

The exposition “Post-War Period: From Catastrophe to Rebirth” explores the aftermath of World War II in Soviet history, where the glimmers of hope associated with its end quickly gave way to fear among Soviet Jews due to a wave of anti-Semitic repression. The Lorem Ipsum team crafted a narrative that interweaves the stories of notable figures from the Jewish intelligentsia of that time. The exposition features interactive museum technologies and immersive installations integrated into the historically recreated rooms. The Art Newspaper praised the exposition as “one of the most vivid and honest museum exhibits dedicated to the history of mass repressions in the USSR.”

In 2021, the Interaction Lab at Cooper Hewitt, with the support of Verizon 5G, launched a competition titled Activating Smithsonian Open Access (ASOA). The goal was to use cutting-edge technology to bring to life the millions of 2D objects in Smithsonian’s Open Access Collection.  Lorem Ipsum’s solution was to develop a prototype that connects the physical and digital world in an unexpected way. Doorways Into Open Access is an augmented and virtual reality mobile app that takes people back in time to experience artifacts from the collection.

“Platov and His Time” is a permanent exhibition at the new Rostov-on-Don airport, conceived, designed, and fabricated by Lorem Ipsum. Dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812 and the contribution of the Don Cossacks to the victory over Napoleon, the exhibit seamlessly fits into the aesthetics of the airport terminals, combining historical content with modern design. By blending advanced technologies, inventive artistic solutions, and high-quality video content, the Lorem Ipsum team was able to convey the spirit of the Cossacks and tell the story of Platov through interactive and experimental installations.

The Exposition Park, conceived and designed by Lorem Ipsum, is a new public space located in the center of Belgorod, which includes a complex two-level landscape, an immersive cinema building, an amphitheater, a section of the river embankment, a modern playground, and an exhibition system that allows outdoor exhibitions. The park is divided into two levels, which are designed for walks and various leisure activities accessible to any group of visitors.

“The City of the Avant-Garde,” conceived and designed by Lorem Ipsum, is a concept for a Christmas light display in Moscow that draws inspiration from the city’s cultural history as one of the major centers of the avant-garde movement. The installations pay homage to some of the most prominent artists associated with this movement, such as Malevich, Rodchenko, Kandinsky, Lissitsky, and Tatlin, featuring abstract and geometric shapes, bold colors, and intricate designs. The display offers visitors a chance to travel back in time and experience the incredible creativity and innovation of the artists who shaped the avant-garde movement.

To stand out from the barrage of traditional tools flooding the Google sales team on a daily basis, Lorem Ipsum conceived and developed The Google Experience, an in-office experiential installation aimed to provide a new way to discover the features and benefits of Google’s latest advertising products in an engaging and entertaining way.