Designer and photographer Yang Xiao blurred the line between reality and fantasy with a series of photographs titled “Eternal Monument in the Dark.” The project focuses on monuments, abandoned sites, and Brutalist and Soviet modernist architecture from the former Yugoslavia, the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The designers used light-painting techniques to shoot at night, transforming the real building into surreal images from dystopian films.
The monumental complex of the Battle of Sutjeska, the Tjenti?te War Memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was built to commemorate the victory in the Battle of the Sutjeska during World War II. Bosnia, Herzegovina
The project began nine years ago, and the designer has traveled to more than 40 countries since then. For the past 9 years, he has been traveling around the world to capture monuments at night. Mainly in the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, many of them are now abandoned and neglected.
Monument to the Victims of Fascism (“Ninth Fortress and Monument”), in the mid-60s of the 20th century, the local government and veterans’ organizations planned to build a monument to commemorate the battle near the village of Ostra in 1944. In 1967, the construction of the monumental complex designed by Serbian sculptor Miodrag ?ivkovi? and urban planner Svetislav Li?ina officially began. Kaunas, Lithuania
The designer’s journey began in 2012 with a visit to the Bulgarian monument of communism buzludzha. Since then, more than 40 countries around the world have been explored, focusing on photographing abandoned places, monuments, Brutalism, and Soviet modernist architecture. Many of them were shot at night through light-painted photography, and the designers wanted to capture and recreate their timeless beauty, creating the mesmerizing game of creating surreality from reality.
The Monument to the Ilinden Uprising in Macedonia commemorates the resistance fighters who participated in the 1903 Ilinden Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, as well as the partisans who commemorated the National Liberation War. In the area of present-day Krushevo, resistance fighters declared this newly liberated land the land of the Republic of Krushevo, under the leadership of the then school teacher turned war hero Nikolai Karev. The separatist territory lasted less than two weeks before being crushed by 176,000 Turkish soldiers and placed under Ottoman control, with nearly 9,000 executed by the Turks in retaliation.
Abandoned iron fountain, Gyumri is the second largest city in Armenia, called Lenin Nakan during the Soviet era, and the city was severely damaged by the severe Spitak earthquake in 1988. There is a large iron fountain in the fountain square in the city, which still stands after the earthquake. Gyumri, Armenia
Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Kosmaj detachment in Serbia, which was erected in 1971 during the former Yugoslavia period to commemorate the heroic soldiers who resisted fascism in the Kosmaj region during World War II. The monument consists of five 40-meter-high concrete wings, which look down in the shape of a five-pointed star, while the five separate wings are seen as the five fingers of the workers.
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Monument to the Battle of Apalambashi Apalan, Armenia
Monument to the People’s Revolution of Moslavina, Podgarici, Croatia, this sculpture commemorates the community revolt and uprising against the Usta?e occupation forces in the Moslavina and Zagreb regions during the War of National Liberation (World War II), as well as a monument erected by the village in support of the war effort.
One plaque reads: “More than 900 soldiers from the wider region are buried here who sacrificed their lives for the freedom and independence of our country during the national liberation struggle of 1941-1945.” ”
The Battle of the Wounded Monument, unveiled in 1978 by Yugoslav President Tito himself, was erected to commemorate the victory in the Battle of the Neretva River during World War II. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kiev crematorium, at the end of the 60s of the 20th century, the local government proposed the construction of a Kiev crematorium. To emphasize that crematoriums can play a therapeutic role in “helping those involved in funerals heal their psychological wounds” rather than cold industrial incineration, artists Rybachuk and Melnichenko collaborated with architect Miletskyj to build a world-only farewell hall in Kiev’s Memorial Park, like a giant teleporter that transports the resting person to another world. Kiev, Ukraine
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