At the height of its power the USSR spread out for more than 8.6 million square miles (22.4 million square kilometres) and the whole region was dotted with monuments and statues promoting Soviet ideology.
While some of the most famous of these monuments have now been toppled, hundreds still exist and a brand-new photobook has been released by French snapper Jason Guilbeau that showcases some of the most surreal.
Soviet Signs & Street Relics (Fuel Design & Publishing)
Während in „You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine“ die Körper selbst plastisch waren und sich verformen, bis sie jede Spur ihrer ursprünglichen Form verloren haben, ist die Plastizität in „Something New Under the Sun“ etwas Fremdes und Bedrohliches. Niemand, einschließlich seiner Lieferanten, weiß genug über WAT-R, um seine wahren Folgen vorherzusehen – wie Kleeman es in dem Buch beschreibt, ist es aus dem kapitalistischen Wunsch entstanden, von der vom Menschen verursachten Knappheit zu profitieren.
„Dinge, die wir schon
This essay is part of T’s Book Club, a series of articles and events dedicated to classic works of American literature. Click here to R.S.V.P. to a virtual conversation about “Invisible Man,” to be led by Adam Bradley and held on June 17.
I first saw Ralph Ellison when I was 19 years old and he had already passed away. On a summer evening in 1994, he appeared to me in the attic of an old manor house on
