Light Work Annual 2012: Andrew Miksys

Miksys builds his Byelorussian itinerary as a conceptual maneuver, following the ideological formulas of mass celebrations of Soviet history in expectation of finding memories of the present. He shows us the hollowness of history–the aftermath of the ersatz Soviet celebrations–and three generations of women.

– Laimonas Briedis, author of Vilnius: City of Strangers

Read the rest of the essay in Contact Sheet 167: The Light Work Annual 2012.

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