TheFleetGroup
Share
Expressive research with a sharp humor for exploring the social and political mysticism in personal life of an individual, is the cornerstone of THE FLEETGROUP’s vision and action. Regardless of media we use, main for us is to create the art, as visual, as possible. We are the fleet, floating between the shores of rationality, in the ocean of irrationality.
19/09/2016
06/11/2014
The Black Volga
After collapse of the soviet system, our society attempted to transform into the western model. But because our society was in this specific environment for over 70 years, it seemed difficult for our people to mentally change. So this change then occurred as a mutation – we became 'westernized' in a Soviet way of thinking.
This is our traffic jam.
For historical reasons, some generations stay as a ship facing of impending disaster, sending distress signal to a hypothetical saver and at the same time, searching on their own for an outcome, insurgent strategies and vectors, to save them from this full circle.
We’re hearing the doomed voice of Klaxons.
The spirit of ‘Black Volga’ (it should be noted, that Black Volga refers to an urban legend, widespread in the western provinces of socialist camp, as some source of treat, in a negative context as some ‘other’ [It was about a black Volga vehicle that was allegedly used to abduct people, especially children. According to different versions, it was driven by priests, nuns, Jews, vampires, satanists or satan himself. Children were kidnapped to use their blood as a cure for rich westerners suffering from leukemia; other variants used organ theft as the motive, combining it with another famous legend about kidney theft by the KGB. The legend surfaced again in the late 20 th century, with a BMW taking the Volga's place. In this version, the driver would ask passers-by for the time and kill them when they approached the car to answer /in another version of the legend, they died at the same time a day later/], in opposite to the attitude on 'Black Volga’ as an icon of ‘soviet dream’ of prosperity and success, widespread here. It is worth noting that in the Soviet Union the black Volgas were reserved for government use only as an assigned automobile for party officials.) has been reincarnated in the western 'aggressive, big black car’s body…
Here we are.
Orkhevi 2014
07/09/2014
Black Volga urban legend
12/01/2014
Summer'13
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.
Category
Website
Address
Tbilisi
0183
