end of love

“end of love” is a project carried out in the European countries which used to be a part of the Middle East European Block and were subordinate to the ZSRR. Apart from the cultural, social, and religious diversity, all the countries constantly struggle with the problem of subjection to Russia in terms of politics and the economy. The process of changes and the development of the identity of these countries seem to be overwhelmed by the constant fear of the possibility of loosing their own neutrality. Such an attitude is triggered by the real danger of the Russian attacks. At the same time, each of these nations aims at Western Europe's patterns and ways of life. The problem of dependence and fear of the East is strictly connected with the dreams of the Western way of living. 

end of love stands for the end of love and dependence which never came. Even though this “Eastern love” is destructive, it is still hard to leave it behind. It is a strong relationship which turned out to be an addiction, from which it is hard to escape. The whole phenomenon can be easily described in one sentence: “You cannot reach the West, you cannot escape the East”.

These pictures are an attempt to illustrate the very problem.