Vopli Vidopliassova’s Tantsi by Maria Sonevytsky communism the front and back covers

the front and back covers are drawn by the artist

Just before the trip she came across her great-grandfather's diary

contemporary art and pedagogy

defeat or death

allegiances and hopes for the future

Vopli Vidopliassova’s Tantsi by Maria Sonevytsky communism the front and back coversRock 'n' roll may not have toppled the USSR, but it definitely rumbled through its foundations. Unlike the often saccharine pop music sanctioned by the Soviet state, Ukrainian punk musicians of the 1980s Kyiv underground adapted ideologies of rock to roast the absurdities of late Soviet life, to articulate new ways of being Ukrainian, and to celebrate the cathartic pleasures of collective gatherings organized around musical performances. This book