Video: Traces of the Soviet empire: dilapidated military bases in the review by an Italian photographer
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In the photo cycle "Traces of the Soviet Empire" Italian Eric Lusito made an attempt to debunk the perception of the USSR as an indestructible militarized state. Having visited the abandoned military bases in the post-Soviet space, he became convinced that the once formidable fortifications are today empty and deserted.
Eric Lucito traveled a long way from East Germany to Mongolia and from Poland to Kazakhstan to see with his own eyes what remains of the former might of the USSR. Despite the fact that a few decades ago life was in full swing at these military bases, today the buildings are destroyed, the corridors are empty, the monuments are gradually rusting, and the houses are falling into decay.
The author of the photo cycle rightly notes that in Soviet society the ideological function of culture manifested itself more strongly than in many other countries. Here a new direction in art was born - socialist realism, propaganda posters, leaflets, slogans on the walls - all this was intended to unite people, give them a sense of celebration and euphoria. Eric Lucito compares Soviet reality to the Eden created by propaganda, noting that the gap between reality and ideology was so strong that it inevitably had to lead to the collapse of the latter.
The cycle of works "Traces of the Soviet Empire", on which Eric Lucito worked for several years, combines the features of documentary and artistic photography. Searching for artifacts of the past era, the author ponders what role they played for the consciousness of Soviet people, what the artists were guided by when creating certain images, constructing certain mythologemes.
Another impressive photo cycle dedicated to forgotten monuments Soviet era, set on the territory of Yugoslavia, belongs to the Belgian photographer Jan Kempenars.
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