#ievablazeviciute

[ieva-blzvct]

So I made a book (?!) ✨available here This is Post-Soviet, something I worked on and off for the past 4 years (corona extension included). This publication follows the lives of 10 young people, born in the post-Soviet era of 1990-1999 in the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. I was born in 1991 in Lithuania, but I’ve been living abroad for the past 12 years. Out of all the labels that I’ve been given during this time, the post-Soviet one bothered me the most. Nobody knew what it meant, yet at some point it was all over the internet. It made my previously completely ignored region into some exotic aesthetic, worthy of dozens of Instagram pages dedicated to pictures that are more often from the Soviet, rather than the post-Soviet times. My own experiences didn’t always match that aesthetic. In my world there were always other stories and other angles. With the post-Soviet label suddenly becoming trendy and cool, I struggled to be proud of it. These interviews are an attempt to show what “post-Soviet” might mean to the post-Soviet kids. Trying to understand them, I learnt a lot about myself too. I hope it can give you a new perspective on the topic as well. Interviewed, photographed, designed, published by me. Printed in Lithuania. Limited edition of 100 copies (numbered and signed) available via link here

[boysbygirls]

BBG Presents: DJ Joseph Matick photographed and interviewed by Ieva Blazeviciute. See the full series here

[boysbygirls]

BBG Presents: DJ Joseph Matick photographed and interviewed by Ieva Blazeviciute. See the full series here

[boysbygirls]

BBG Presents: DJ Joseph Matick photographed and interviewed by Ieva Blazeviciute. See the full series here

[boysbygirls]

BBG Presents: DJ Joseph Matick photographed and interviewed by Ieva Blazeviciute. See the full series here

[boysbygirls]

BBG Presents: DJ Joseph Matick photographed and interviewed by Ieva Blazeviciute.  See the full series here