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H

er projects are research

based, driven by strong

conceptual ideas which

evolve over time and

materialise through research

into themes of history, politics,

contested landscapes and cycles

of time and decay. No stranger

to adventure, to realise these

projects Schulz-Dornburg travels

to many obscure locations,

such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq,

Kazakhstan and Armenia.

In Bus Stops in Armenia

Schulz-Dornburg returned

several times to the small

landlocked country between

1997 and 2005 and over this

seven year period documented

what was left of the concrete

bus shelters, a relic left over

from the failed Soviet regime.

Built in the 1970s and 1980s

during the golden age of Soviet

construction, the bus stops

are a symbol of creativity

and spectacle in utilitarian, 

Echmiadzin-Erevan, 2002.

Armavir-Yervandashat, 2002.

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