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Out of this world: photographer Egor Rogalev visits the museum of Soviet space travel — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. Out of this world: photographer Egor Rogalev visits the museum of Soviet space travel. 9 April 2014 Kaluga. The strange rise of live-action quest games in Russia. Owen Hatherley on the secret history of Moscow's mass housing experiment. Ten real women shaping Moscow's future. Hello, can you help us make The Calvert Journal better?
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The lives of others: why eastern Europe’s photographers are putting the family in focus — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. The lives of others. Why eastern Europe's photographers are putting the family in focus. Under socialism, east Europeans were expected to prioritise the state over the traditional family unit. A generation later, photographers from the region are training their lenses on their closest kin to better understand a complex past. What is our relationship with time? And how does family exist in the modern world? Are we determined by our forebears? Polish photograp...
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Ralph Fiennes to direct Rudolf Nureyev film | News — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. Ralph Fiennes to direct Rudolf Nureyev film. Rudolf Nureyev in 1973 (Photo: Allan Warren under a CC licence). British actor Ralph Fiennes is to direct a drama about Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, reports. Fiennes, who will not act in the film,. Has acquired rights to Julie Kavanagh’s authorised biography. Nureyev: The Life,. Is hoping to shoot in 2016. The drama, which is currently untitled, will be. Ated British playwright and screenwriter.
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Photography — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. Rock in the USSR. New photos of the Leningrad underground during perestroika. Between the woods and the water. Experience the sultry summer heat of Latvia's Baltic coast. George Nebieridze’s tender tribute to the Tbilisi of his youth. These former Eastern bloc beach resorts are an unreal way to beat the heat. We asked the experts what makes an outstanding photo story. Kicking back in a Soviet-era arcadia in the centre of Minsk. A tale of two cities. A 953km ...
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Video — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. Inspired by crime-fighting school girl heroines of Japanese films,. From Polish-born video maker Au Matt blends East Asian culture with the Odysseus myth and eastern European landscapes. Shot in Warsaw in collaboration with Antwerp-based designer label BENJI WZW, the glimpses of Soviet-era architecture coupled with the soundtrack of Taiwanese rap create a gritty backdrop for this girl-gang plot against the patriarchy. A short film by Ivana Bobic. Musical duo...
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Photography — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. Rock in the USSR. New photos of the Leningrad underground during perestroika. Between the woods and the water. Experience the sultry summer heat of Latvia's Baltic coast. George Nebieridze’s tender tribute to the Tbilisi of his youth. These former Eastern bloc beach resorts are an unreal way to beat the heat. We asked the experts what makes an outstanding photo story. Kicking back in a Soviet-era arcadia in the centre of Minsk. A tale of two cities. Hello, c...
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Poor but cool: how has the Cold War become a defining symbol for modern fashion? — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. How has the Cold War become a defining symbol for modern fashion? New look: Paris turns east for fashion regeneration. JW Anderson Fall/Winter 2015-16 show, courtesy of the designer. JW Anderson Fall/Winter 2015-16 show, courtesy of the designer. JW Anderson Fall/Winter 2015-16 show, courtesy of the designer. JW Anderson Fall/Winter 2015-16 show, courtesy of the designer. Photo by Boris Kralj from. His garments proudly proclaim. His story is about the pr...
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Media — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. The internet is a global space but sometimes it mirrors the world’s geography — forming abstract regions defined by a shared past and language. The children of those who once lived trapped behind the Iron Curtain still seek to destroy walls — even if now they are firewalls. In…. The top Russian YouTubers you need to know. How the Russian news became a postmodern game without rules. Foreign-language news outlets and their role in the ‘media war‘. Learning les...
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City Guides — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. Even for the 200 years when it wasn’t the capital, Moscow has always been the heart of Russia. But it’s an international city too; its check-shirted hipsters and power-dressed execs look more to Manhattan than Murmansk. Combining the global reach of digital media with local invention, Moscow’s ambitious creatives are poised to set the tone not just for Russia, but the whole world. A provincial town just like any other? Formerly a favourite escape of the Sovi...
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A guide to the New East — The Calvert Journal
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A guide to the New East. New East Photo Prize. In Eastern Europe, memories of the Soviet era persist in the form of monuments and statues. In Prague, however, a new tradition of ironic and often shocking sculpture has begun to challenge that legacy. Owen Vince explores the meaning behind the Czech capital's provocative installations. Take a long, hot bath at a communist-era Slovakian spa resort. Warsaw meets Tokyo in this fiery female-led tale of seduction. Rock in the USSR. Burnt by the sun. How two rad...