Topic: Early Soviet photography

[hookstrapped]

New Yorkers, make an outing of it?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/11/13/the_evolution_of_soviet_photography_is_on_display_in_the_exhibit_the_power.html

http://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-power-of-pictures-early-soviet-photography-early-soviet-film

[02Pilot]

I read about this a few months ago ( http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-pictures-review-photography-that-sees-genius-under-oppression-1443651061 ), but until the semester ends it's pretty tricky to get time to get down to the city. January sometime might work.

[Terry]

I'd be up for it.  Probably on a weekend...

It surprises me how we here in the old West still view the USSR as a monolith.  And most of these photos predate the Great Terror (i.e., the reign of Uncle Joe) prior to which there was some reason for optimism among the citizens.

[02Pilot]

I'd be up for it.  Probably on a weekend...

It surprises me how we here in the old West still view the USSR as a monolith.  And most of these photos predate the Great Terror (i.e., the reign of Uncle Joe) prior to which there was some reason for optimism among the citizens.

Certainly, it was hardly the monolith portrayed by many during the early Cold War, but the repression began long before Stalin. During the Red Terror in the fall of 1918, as just one example, the Cheka executed 10-15,000 people in two months. An extensive network of detention camps and institutionalized hostage-taking of family members of enemies of the state, accounting for tens of thousands, was firmly in place by 1921.

The extensive use of state propaganda was an essential feature of the regime from very early on.

[Indofunk]

I'm in!

[Ed Wenn]

Sounds awesome; if it wasn't for the 3000 mile distance between me and I, I'd definitely join in. I did particularly LOVE the title of the piece though, "Early Soviet Photography Was Surprisingly Avant-Garde"....well, only if you know literally nothing at all about early Soviet photography, or early Soviet art and design in general. It's a bit like a review of an album I read once which contained the line, "It's like the Beach Boys on acid"....erm 

Anyway, if you New Yorkers get a chance to go, then I hope it's a great show.

[limr]

Absolutely! Though I too would need to wait until the semester ends. Unless some of you want to help me grade papers during a beer break

[Indofunk]

if it wasn't for the 3000 mile distance between me and I

Now that's deep. I didn't realize this was a philosophy forum 

[hookstrapped]

if it wasn't for the 3000 mile distance between me and I

Now that's deep. I didn't realize this was a philosophy forum 

Acid might help bridge that gap.

[Late Developer]

if it wasn't for the 3000 mile distance between me and I

Now that's deep. I didn't realize this was a philosophy forum 

Too deep for me.  Explanation please......

[charles binns]

 Beach Boys on acid? Weren't they called  the 13th Floor Elevators?


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[Francois]

Well...I don't know if we could tell the difference since the beach boys were on acid during their preparation of the pet sounds album... Or at least Brian Wilson was.

As for Soviet photography, I have a great book on Rodchenko and the October group and I must say that while being somewhat not as avant garde as I like, it does present an interesting view of the Soviet era... And how the angled frame became an issue of national importance.

[Indofunk]

Beach Boys on acid? Weren't they called  the 13th Floor Elevators?


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13th floor elevators! Thank you, I now have my afternoon soundtrack

[Adam Doe]

Beach Boys on acid? Weren't they called  the 13th Floor Elevators?


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Nah, The 13th Floor Elevators were The Spades on acid.

[Indofunk]

I'm gonna go with the 13th Floor Elevators were just on acid.

Also, I was forced to shut them off after my coworkers complained about the "ooh! ooh! ahh! ahh!" monkey sounds

[02Pilot]

Roky Erickson recently featured on the Austin episode of the Foo Fighters' Sonic Highways series on HBO.

[Adam Doe]

Roky Erickson recently featured on the Austin episode of the Foo Fighters' Sonic Highways series on HBO.

I'll have to look for that.