The Amnesia Pavilions, 1990-92/2009

 

Pictures made in two versions of the same country, by two distinct versions of the same artist. This project interweaves images made by a 20-year-old in the last days of the Soviet Union, and by a 40-year-old in contemporary Russia.  These two photographers (and these two countries) may or may not be the same. Shot primarily in and around the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, The Amnesia Pavilions conflates personal and socio-political history, while refusing to separate subject from subjectivity.

 

40 Archival pigment prints, dimensions variable. These are among 112 images included in the 2011 text/image book, The Amnesia Pavilions.

tobacco riot car harrass copytobacco-riot-tableau-copytobacco riot hand wave copyalyosha and mirror copyalyosha-on-peak-copywreckage 300 copyalyosha-with-posters-copygeser sign 300 copypipes 2 300 copybroken-tree-2-copyglowing-pavilion-300-copynovosibirsk-beachcake-3-copynovosibirsk beachcake 1 copygym-5-peeking-copysasha irkutsk 3 copydima 1 copyhaircut-copylenin---back-of-head-300-copypainted-tree-300-copyred-spill-fixedden copychandelier 300 copyrestaurant-steps-2-copybroken tree 4 copysand-lump-300-copyunreadable-sign-copymcdonalds menu copylenin behind lamps copyvictor-dacha-copytumbleweed copydropped paper 300 copywhite-wall-copybanner-300-copypicnic 2 women001 copy picnic 8 boiling pot copypicnic hair fire copypicnic 1 copy picnic group001 copysmokestack-300-copypage 167 replacement image copy

 

 

NICHOLAS MUELLNER