10. Kusochek - Ieva Blazeviciute

This week Lara interviews Ieva Blazeviciute, a Lithuanian art director at Vice who has recently designed and published a photography book exploring the meaning of the label Post-Soviet and what this concept means to people from former Soviet states, not just Russia. Ieva discusses how her understanding of identity has been impacted by learning new languages, travelling abroad alone and witnessing the sudden trend in the West of adopting Soviet aesthetics. She shares the story behind her artwork and has a great recommendation for non-Russian speakers who want to experience some modern poetry of an authentic Russian soul.

Find Ieva on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ieva_blzvct/ And her illustrations etc. https://www.instagram.com/gloomy_business/ Find Ieva’s book here https://ievablzvct.bigcartel.com/product/post-soviet

Find Lara: https://www.instagram.com/lolszowska/ https://uclpimedia.com/online/the-window-seat-st-petersburg

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Music by Alexandr Solodchenko