this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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This seems to be nostalgic for 'soviet past' and 'great soviet russia'. A.k.a propaganda.
Calendar is on 25th of October, date when October Revolution happened (old style calendar).
This is a beginning of Red Terror. And then many years of other terrors USSR condemned throughout the years of its existence.
I don't see this as a celebration of the glorious revolution, it's a bit more nuanced than that. There's an obvious nod to the October Revolution, but there is also the inclusion of the Marshall amplifier and electric guitar; potent symbols of western culture. The mood seems deliberately ambiguous. Is she nostalgic for the past or is the calendar an unpleasant reminder of how things were?
Your analysis is like someone looking at a Jackson Pollock painting and commenting that the artist is nostalgic for a period when slavery was legal. In other words complete bullshit.
I‘m interested how you come to that conclusion
A very sad and one-dimensional way to interpret art and life in general.
The USSR is a great source of not only pride in many of the former bloc countries. It’s also a source of much of their infrastructure, and a reminder to a time when their people were considered a true superpower in science, education and art. Nostalgia is often complicated by a feeling of new ways of being. For this woman, the Marshall amp—a rock and roll status symbol—lies under the gaze of tiny Lenin. How’s she feeling about it all? Apparently not great: her legs seem to melt, and her expression is hollow.
Yep. Also looks like Lenin is on the calendar. Funnily enough, it's a British amp and a (probably) American guitar