Vestoj #11 - On Everyday Life digital culture scissors and a hefty dose

scissors and a hefty dose of wit

and take on new depths of meaning with a sort of synaptic leap

oder sie sind qualitativ besser

manuals and other contemporary documents affirm that the state played a leading role in the urban development of Soviet Central Asia and that housing was regulated according to criteria established by the political authorities

What these artworks have in common is that they all celebrate manual labour

Vestoj #11 - On Everyday Life digital culture scissors and a hefty doseThe issue is an exploration of routines, rituals and repetitions, the many ingenious ways in which the weak make use of the strong, how common people reappropriate and subvert material culture to suit their own interests and rules, and a lyrical and critical exploration of generic, inexpensive and mass produced objects. Vestoj is looking at the practice and poetics of the everyday, consumption as a creative act, and consumers not as passive