Title of publication: DISKO
Name of artist: Andrew Miksys
Additional contributor/s: Andrei Codrescu
Design: Claudia Ott and Andrew Miksys
Editor: Andrew Miksys and Claudia Ott
Series name: n/a
Press: “The discos of Lithuania were once Soviet offices, detention centers, weapons storage, rare Lithuanian mushroom-packing plants… who knows? One can dream of their former incarnations and feel that, no matter how grim, they are being violently shoved into history by the hungry young bodies Andrew photographs. … has caught a fleeting world that emanates death and hope in the pulses of ephemeral disco lights.” – Andrei Codrescu
Publication date: November 2013
Place of publication: Vilnius, Lithuania
Edition size: 1000
Format: Hardcover
Size: 25 x 30cm
Number of pages: 104
Type of printing: Offset
Type of paper: GardaPat
Name of printer: Petro Ofsetas
Number of pictures: 45
Price: 45 EUR ($60)
Description of book: For ten years Andrew Miksys traveled the back roads of Lithuania photographing teenagers in village discos. Most of these discos are located in Soviet-era culture houses where Miksys would sometimes find discarded Lenin paintings, old Soviet movie posters, gas masks, and other remnants of the Soviet Union. He became fascinated by all this debris of a dead empire and the teenagers who visited the clubs. It seemed like a perfect backdrop to make a series of photographs about young people in Lithuania, a crumbling past, and the uncertain future of a new generation all together in one room.
The best thing about self-publishing: Everything sucks and goes wrong. But then you’re on press at 6am and see the first sheets coming off the press looking sweet. Can’t beat that thrill.
Artist website: http://www.andrewmiksys.com/
Press website: http://www.andrewmiksys.com/disko-book/
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- Title: DISKO