Altai. Part II. BiyskMapJuly 19–23, 2007 As you drive into town there’s a threatening sign saying “Ubiysk”, ie. Murderville. ![]() But there’s nothing scary in the town itself. ![]() Lifebuoys hanging on high-tech lampposts inform us that Byisk is a technotown, just like Fryazino. ![]() As this is a technotown, it is only proper for experiments and operations to be performed here. ![]()
Attention Bits of buses are used as balcony glazing (cf. old-school phone boxes in Germany). ![]() Window frames are painted light blue here, as they should be in affluent houses in the countryside (cf. Okulovka). ![]() Although Byisk is a technotown, it is really a village at heart. There are privately owned cellars next to the five- storey apartment blocks — from afar the cellars look like a cemetery, but have the advantage of being a great place to store pickled cabbage and salted vegetables. ![]() Mosaics from the 1980s survive on building exteriors; they haven’t been covered up with advertising yet. ![]() Create, but not destroy in doing so do And why haven’t they been covered up? Because Biysk has a unique energy, that’s why. Here they just paint ads on fences, spending all of their money on doing up shop entrances instead. Here’s some advertising for you: ![]()
The best parking lot Here’s a shop entrance: ![]() By the way, the ad on the wall is excellent fodder for those studying culture. After all, this genre, which predates the printing press, is on the verge of going extinct in the developed world. I’ve only ever seen this sort of thing in Zambia and India before. ![]() Entrances: ![]() Fence: ![]() Entrances: ![]() Fence: ![]() The whole town is like this. |
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