Space City (2019)
In her series, Tanya Klimovich focuses on the gap between generations, light-heartedly wondering why Generation Z is portrayed as so different from previous generations. She sees a generation that is inventive, open to new ideas and with a vision for a better future - the same as all generations before them. In ‘Space City’ Klimovich portrays her peers from her hometown Korolev – the Russian epicentre of space technology, under the smoke of Moscow – through the eyes of older generations, as aliens from outer space. But despite the grotesque greasepaint and the unusual style which distinguishes aliens from regular humans, they simply end up radiating the openness, naivety and emotion of all young Earthlings.
The young Russian photographer Tanya Klimovich reflects in her work on youth and the feeling of being different, of being weird. Finding beauty in an ugliness, sometimes she exploits a style of kitsch, which is a true inspiration for the Klimovich. Another source of inspiration for her is returning to her origins, like family or hometown. Through the prism of the post-irony, Tanya also looks at the influence of western stereotypes on Russian youth culture.
