Lives of the Unholy

C/O Berlin

NOW CLOSED

Talents 34 . Krzysztof Pijarski / Annika K. Kuhlmann

‘No respite, history is being made. Forgetfulness is spreading. We’re making progress!’ Fehlfarben, German pop band

Banished heroes, empty pedestals, abandoned squares, demolished memorials—the cities of the former East Block are full of the traces of bygone utopias and political and social transformation. The erstwhile heroes of communism were desecrated, and the once shining idea of socialism was quickly laid to rest. What remained in everyday life were gaping holes in the cityscape, architectural ruins, and urban scars. What was eliminated from the image of the city? What was brought into the present—and why? In Lives of the Unholy, photographer Pijarski offers a visual archaeology of the city of Warsaw.

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