Who is the Zhdun, who came up with him where he came from: meaning, history of creation

Most recently it became famous, but has already gained incredible popularity. All this is about an interesting creature - Zhduna.

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Who is a prototype, a sweet and so popular creature in recent years as Zhdun? There are many versions around origin and belonging to any kind. Let's try to figure it out.

Zhdun: the original idea of \u200b\u200bthe author

The artist thought that something should be realized, demonstrating procedures and research. Wandering the corridors of the clinic, she watched those who were in the corridors, and realized that all of them were united by anxiety and expectation.
Then the author abandoned medical notes in favor of purely human. Margret thought her "ivory" good neighbor in turn, waiting for his diagnosis and hoping for everything good. That is how Zhdun, who conquered the hearts and awarded the artist prize of spectators during the exhibition, was born.
Zhdun is patented by the author in 2016, Margret admits that the popularity of sculpture has surpassed all its expectations and is now developing the following series of his incarnations: wife, children, etc.

The story of the creation of Zhdun

"Born" Zhdun as a sculpture installed on May 2016. at the main entrance in the lobby, the children's hospital of the Medical University of Leiden in the Netherlands. The name given by the author, Dutch artist Margrit Van Brief, officially sounded like Homunculus locodontus. The Latin origin of the name determines this creature as a "humanoid elephant."
In colloquial, we christened it with Zhdun, because, according to the artist, he should symbolize The state of a person who is in line to the doctor. It is no coincidence that she placed her in the building of the medical university, because the statue itself symbolizes the patient in line to the doctor.
And although the face of this creature was not conceived as human, the states were very accurately conveyed in his eyes hopes and defenselessness. The hands folded on the stomach, or paws are also indicated about this - the expectation in which the patient is at the doctor’s office.

Zhdun, embodied from plastic with epoxy resin, is quite solid to the touch externally, but almost human eyes on the face of the face (according to biologists, this is the muzzle of the northern sea elephant belonging to the family of seals) and the soft, spreading in anticipation of the posture made it “their“ their own »In any line.

The meaning of the creature is zhdun

Today, Zhdun from the patient expecting his turn has become real symbol of expectation. In the post -Soviet countries, the level of its popularity has become especially high, because here they had not yet managed to finally erase from memory of the memories of endless lines: for a car, an apartment, a set, on a sofa or book.
Now Zhdun symbolizes a certain state. He became famous meme, accompanied by appropriate inscriptions, sometimes an integral part (art object) of famous paintings.
The social network VKontakte created the corresponding community, which in the first day of its existence has collected over 20 thousand subscribers. And even in the advertisement of rescuers-MCHS, this meme was used!

How did Zhdun appear in Russia?

From an interview with Margrit Van Brief, given for the BBC, it was known that this became possible thanks to a Russian tourist who took a picture of the sculpture and posted it on one of the sites. The users liked the unusual appearance of this creation, and soon many Russians began to subscribe to the artist’s accounts.
Gradually, their number exceeded the number of Dutch fans of Margret, and then the size of the popularity of the image of Zhdun in Russia became clear. There is an opinion that he has already become a kind of symbol of the country, replacing Cheburashka in this post.

He is beaten in political topics, create memes, attribute phrases to him, and people's craftsmen, and after them entrepreneurs put Zhdun “on a stream”, creating it in the form of souvenirs made in various techniques.
In addition, the Internet is mentioned about two monuments Zhdun - concrete in Chelyabinsk and sculpture from manure - in Yakutia.

Zhdun-girl

The artist’s sketches have already appeared, from which it is clear that the Zhdun is now not alone - he had a girlfriend. As the author called her, it is still unknown, but in Russia she already received the name of the Zhdansh.
The fact that this female man is demonstrated by the corresponding chest and skirt.

Zhdun on the Internet

The image of Zhdun was a meme suitable in any situation. Here he is a glutton at the refrigerator, he appears as a conductor with tickets, and also a connoisseur from “What? Where? When?". Zhdun is beaten by deputies hinting that they are waiting for their colleagues at parliamentary meetings, they are entered into popular works of art, replacing them with the peaches of Serov or one of their walkers to Lenin, and even Mona Lisa.
In addition, embodying the project “Mail without queues”, in one of the post offices of Moscow, made a zhdun in a peculiar logo. Zhdun was also used in the Internet advertising of construction portals, digital equipment stores, charitable foundations, various agencies, etc.