On the heels of his bestselling Soviet Bus Stops, photographer Christopher Herwig locates fresh wonders of the Soviet vernacular in Georgia, Ukraine and Russia itself
After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, photographer Christopher Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more. In this second volume, as well as discovering new stops in the remotest areas of Georgia and Ukraine, Herwig turns his camera to Russia itself. Following exhaustive research, he drove more than 9,000 miles from coast to coast across the largest country in the world, in pursuit of new examples of this singular architectural form.
A foreword by renowned architecture and culture critic Owen Hatherley reveals new information on the origins of the Soviet bus stop. Examining the government policy that allowed these small architectural forms to flourish, he explains how they reflected Soviet values, and how ultimately they remained—despite their incredible individuality—far-flung outposts of Soviet ideology.
The diversity of architectural approaches is staggering: juxtaposed alongside a slew of audacious modern and brutal designs, there are bus stops shaped as trains, birds, light bulbs, rockets, castles, even a bus stop incorporating a statue of St. George slaying the dragon. An essential companion to the first volume, this book provides a valuable document of these important and unique constructions.
發表於2024-11-22
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和第一冊一起看的。講到soviet,一般印象都是都市水泥叢林,而這本則著眼鄉村之間的公車站。荒蕪空間中的紅色時刻凝固在一座座造型奇異站颱的磚瓦瓷間,而開車追捕它們的攝影旅程格外有趣。
評分確實不如第一本未來感建築多
評分前麵部分對於公交站建築和設計有非常西方政治正確的解讀,甚至連顔色使用(比如紅色)都要關聯一下國傢顔色,像是在提醒大傢,不要因為一些個性化的公交站而對這個國傢抱有好感哦……歸結起來就是,評論員認為,當時齣颱的文件裏提到瞭遠郊和鄉村公交站設計,說是要體現本地特色,所以這也算是國傢宣傳的一部分……然後還專門跑去問那些建築師或者建築工人,問是否包含瞭某種反抗的含義……結果被否認:沒這必要……(說白瞭就是我通過一大老遠的公交站來反抗啥) 這種政治正確甚至追溯到瞭沙皇時代……但撇開這個不說,建築本身對我而言挺有意思的,有做得像蒸汽機車頭的,甚至還有石油元素(抽油機) 而且相比於第一本,本書還收錄瞭一些鼕雪背景下的公交站,更是彆有一番風味,尤其是封麵那個,處於格魯吉亞的Goderdzi Pass
評分這些孤獨的,破敗的、陳舊的,布滿時間痕跡的公共車站,像是一個個小小的墓碑遺址,人們來到此處,更像是在憑吊,憑吊一個紅色帝國在俄羅斯大地上的共産主義遺跡。那些鐮刀斧頭標誌,那些馬賽剋瓷磚拼接成的宇航員畫像,那些關於社會主義美好生活的畫麵,都成瞭一種過去時代的塵埃,帶著懷舊的氣息,有些傷感,有些遺憾,又有些凝重。人們期待改變,但曆史的循環又反復將他們帶迴原處。
評分都是極權主義,審美還是差太多。
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