Mosiac installations as a modern Soviet art form gained popularity in the 1970s and peaked in the 80s, but from the looks of what remains today, the decline has been long in coming.
There must have been armies of artists erecting these mosaic displays, remnants are everywhere across Georgia and, presumably, the FSU. It's not surprising to find them in the capital, as well as smaller towns, on government buildings, schools, factories, bus stops, and in parks. But what surprised me were the abandoned colored shells in the most obscure and remote places.
Like fading snapshots of the euphoric Soviet ideals and narrative of national unity; they now face public ambivalence, and are therefore subject to a slow dystopic decay.
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"Like fading snapshots of the euphoric Soviet ideals and narrative of national unity; they now face public ambivalence, and are therefore subject to a slow dystopic decay." Now that's a five dollar sentence! (Or would it be 12 lari?)
ReplyDeleteThanks dad ;) And I pity the Georgians when that is the exchange rate, we're frightening close!
DeleteI love the "frequently asked questions" on the side of the abandon building. It's like poetry in reality, a picture poem worth 1,000 words.
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