I was born in the Soviet Union in a small town in a family of people who were, in a sense, Soviets. For me, the impression was that to be a Soviet person, you simply had no need to decide anything as others had already decided for you, right up to where to work or place of residence, this makes decisions still difficult for me. Therefore, the ’90s were a difficult time when one system collapsed, and the new one did not yet exist or did not know how to live in this new one, especially on the periphery.

“This is reflected in my photographic practice when I look for something rare from that time and can use it in creating an image, thereby seeking compensation in the possession of the thing now and not when it was still relevant but not available.”

Most of the fabrics that my grandmother kept were laid aside in the sixties, they are about that time, they are bright, colourful, but outside the window and on the streets, the reality was different, grey, I wanted to convey this conflict. In this, I see a huge influence of Asian culture on the Soviet cultural standard.

Source: Metal Magazine