The Sochi project
Subtitle: an atlas of war and tourism in the Caucasus
By: Rob Hornstra, Arnold van Bruggen
Contributors: Bruggen, Arnold van
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Aperture Foundation
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781597112444
Subjects: Pictorial works; Exhibitions; Description and travel; Social conditions; Social change; Tourism; War and society; Travel
Description: Rob Hornstra and Arnold Van Bruggen have been working together since 2009 to tell the story of Sochi, Russia--site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. They have returned repeatedly to this region as committed practitioners of "slow journalism," establishing a solid foundation of research on and engagement with this small yet incredibly complicated place before it finds itself in the glare of international media attention. As Van Bruggen writes, "Never before have the Olympic Games been held in a region that contrasts more strongly with the glamour of the event than Sochi." Hornstra's approach combines documentary storytelling with contemporary portraiture, found photographs and other visual elements collected during their travels. Since the beginning of the authors' collaboration.
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibitions: FoMu, Antwerp, Belgium, October 25, 2013-March 9, 2014; Winzavod, Moscow, October 18-December 22, 2013; and DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, January 16-March 30, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Friendly, service oriented, and one hundred percent relaxing; title: New Abkhazians; title: The abkhazian post; title: Georgian Refugees; title: Artist-in-Exile; title: Survivors; title: The Red East Turns Green; title: Sochi Singers; title: Policemen under Fire; title: Afraid of the Police; title: Into the Woods; title: On September 1, our school died; title: Diplomat without a Country; title: If you cme with guns, the same guns will kill you; title: The Activist; title: Don Quixote; title: The Ski Lift Builder; title: Travel journal.