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talkpoliticsA cool festival of avant-garde arts happened in a remote Balkan village called Staro Zhelezare (Old Ironville).
Caption: The real avant-garde is born in the countryside! Long live the authentic rural art!
There was a parade on the village streets. A mock event of some sorts. A tractor followed by youngsters carrying commie-time style slogans, dressed in garments from that epoch. The slogans were much in the spirit of commie propaganda, except now they were praising avant-garde art. But the big hit on the day was the graffiti. Murals painted all around the village, on brick walls and houses, depicted some of the world's most prominent politicians, celebs and other figures of importance, in unusual situations. Some examples:
Context: Americans are widely known as the "cow people" around these latitudes. Hence the connection with Trump. I'm sure there are some other, more subtle messages in there as well.
Long live the old Kolkhoz tradition!
Some slogans said:
"The village is a source of progressive ideas!"
"Long live the world rural art, a decisive factor for humankind's development!"
"Man exploits man in the city, but in the village it's quite the opposite!"
"Every vaccinated rural artist is a pillar in the structure of society!"
"Rural avant-garde is inevitable!"
Comrade Putin would not be omitted, of course...
"Staro Zhelezare is a source of progressive ideas! All artists should live in the countryside! Artists to the barricades! Rural futurism is at hand!"
Caption: The real avant-garde is born in the countryside! Long live the authentic rural art!
There was a parade on the village streets. A mock event of some sorts. A tractor followed by youngsters carrying commie-time style slogans, dressed in garments from that epoch. The slogans were much in the spirit of commie propaganda, except now they were praising avant-garde art. But the big hit on the day was the graffiti. Murals painted all around the village, on brick walls and houses, depicted some of the world's most prominent politicians, celebs and other figures of importance, in unusual situations. Some examples:
Context: Americans are widely known as the "cow people" around these latitudes. Hence the connection with Trump. I'm sure there are some other, more subtle messages in there as well.
Long live the old Kolkhoz tradition!
Some slogans said:
"The village is a source of progressive ideas!"
"Long live the world rural art, a decisive factor for humankind's development!"
"Man exploits man in the city, but in the village it's quite the opposite!"
"Every vaccinated rural artist is a pillar in the structure of society!"
"Rural avant-garde is inevitable!"
Comrade Putin would not be omitted, of course...
"Staro Zhelezare is a source of progressive ideas! All artists should live in the countryside! Artists to the barricades! Rural futurism is at hand!"
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Date: 4/8/17 23:56 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 6/8/17 02:01 (UTC)I used to like the NY subway art. Minority of one, probably... as usual.