Birchpunk
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Birchpunk is a Russian YouTube series created by Sergey Vasiliev in 2020. It is set in Russia in the year 2098. The episodes set on Earth show how technological advancement has exacerbated Russia's social inequality, state control and neoliberal audit culture. Some episodes are set on Mars; these episodes show how Sergei, "Farmer from Ryazan county," has created a friendly collectivist farm with humanoid robots. The farm produces "fractal cukes, möbius carrots and other vegetables defiant of euclidean geometry." Nikolai keeps it operational by tinkering parts from a scrapped alien spaceship.[1][2]
In 2023, Vasiliev used the characters to produce a full live action series called "Кибердеревня" (The Cybervillage), centered around the farmer trying to save his home, the last holdout on Mars against a corporation intending to build a factory.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Cherkaev, Xenia (2021). "Russian Cyberpunk Farm. Dir. Sergei Vasiliev". Slavic Review. 80 (4): 900–901. doi:10.1017/slr.2022.20. S2CID 247508945.
- ↑ Times, The Moscow (2020-11-24). "Viral 'Cyberpunk Farm' Satirizes Russia's High-Tech Future". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ↑ Кибердеревня (сериал 2023)
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