![]() ![]() Echoing andĮven surpassing the magnitude of Soviet-day propaganda, leaflets, posters, radio broadcasts and newspaper The majority of the country, as if it were an unfortunate coma patient that had never fully regainedĬonsciousness, was returned to its life support–a collective euphoria of Soviet past grandeur. With the instinct of a constrictor snake, the state stifled the remaining free mass media, publishing industry,Īnd any other dissent, and unleashed text-book propaganda to incite public opinion, both internally andĪbroad. Putin Russia's ruling elite seemed longingly keen on returning to the shores of its Sovietpast, systematically and meticulously encroaching onto its own peoples' freedoms and liberties. Putin's grasp onpower reminded of the porosity of monolithic concepts of freedom, truth and justice in still very youngdemocratic state. At that timethe president Putin of Russia in a push to keep power increased his pressure on the country's remaininginstitutes of democracy, while maintaining the appearance of pseudo democratic state. The work Nostalgia was started in 2008 as reflection on such historical precedents. In the moments of cultural turmoil, when concepts and perceptions of truth are questioned and manipulatedat the highest levels, examples of some of the worst social experiments in human history should standilluminated. With thiswork I explore solidity of perceptions based on images and their impact on collective memory and forgetting.Employing methodologies of early propaganda, and relying on archives of existing images, both public andprivate, I revisit some of the more iconic, historically, and politically significant spaces and recreated themout of paper and chipboard and then later photographed to only exist as images. The project isongoing reflection on the forced migration and inherent interdependency of collective and private. Install it in your living room, bedroom or your child's room and enjoy its beautiful day and night.The project "Nostalgia" consists of large photographic prints, objects, and video projections. ![]()
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