19 Jan 2012
Postcard Series “Belarus is…”
It is always interesting to see what people do with that knowledge you tell them about the Belarusian reality. Here is one nice example of a creative response from a young Israeli designer who has been dating a Belarusian woman in Prague and visited Belarus at the end of 2011.
Semion Bourakevich, the designer mentioned above, was so inspired by his relationship with a Belarusian that he prepared a series of postcards “Belarus is…” for his friends. The characters and style of the series are taken from the legendary chewing gum wrappers ”Love is…”. Not sure about other countries, but for CIS those images are part of the epoch since chewing gums were basically the symbol of democracy, they appeared in the USSR only at the end of the 80s. The series are signed both in Belarusian and English which makes the message clearer also for non-Belarusians. Still all the references are strongly Belarusian in their context. Let me know if you require an explanation to any of those.
Semion presents the series in his blog:
Living with a Belarusian patriot in Prague makes you take on those strong opinions and values. In my case that was a concious choice. And I have a habit to express the inspiration into something. Those who know how it is will understand.
