Train to the future

Norilsk is associated with permafrost, lack of light, depressing landscapes and dark history.  Observing the space of the city, I wanted to see among the surrounding ruins a reflection of contemporary Russia's identity.

Norilsk is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over 150,000 people. An artificially built industrial city during Stalin's repressions, Norilsk is popular for its various mineral resources and large mining operations. Norilsk is associated with permafrost, lack of light, depressing landscapes and dark history.  Observing the space of the city, I wanted to see among the surrounding ruins a reflection of contemporary Russia's identity.

I can see Norilsk as a place where the sense of time has been lost. As in the whole of Russia, the war has suspended the present. I am trying to find a suitable metaphor for the new time, the thin line between the past and the future, with no present. Wandering through uncharted spaces, I imagine myself as the discoverer of a new land that is no longer with me.