Polytechnic holds a competition of personal stories about writing machines

The Polytechnic Museum, together with the Relikva project, announced the competition “200 beats per minute. Your story ”is a competition of stories about how the typewriter was used in a private life.

“The typewriter is an integral part of the world culture of the 20th century. This is told by the exhibition "200 beats per minute." - The initiators of the competition on the website of the Relikva project report. “We collect stories about letters, documents, verses that were printed on cars, collect a variety of memories associated with this unusual subject.”

Participants in the competition are invited to publish a picture of their writing machine and the story of it on the website Relikva.com , indicating in the categories of “200 beats”.

The winners will be the owner of a typewriter selected based on the results of user voting, as well as the author of the most interesting story, which will be determined by the Polytechnic Museum and the editors of Relikva .

A prize - a tour of the exhibition “200 beats per minute”, which will be held on March 12 at 17:00 curator Anna Narinskaya , her book “NOT PLACE” with an autograph to winners and books from the publishing program of the Polytechnic Museum.