Alexander Bondar is a photographer who co-created Zoopark Collective with photographer and publisher Tatyana Palyga. We met Alexander in Kreuzberg. He told us about his journey from Russia to Germany, why he didn’t like Berlin in the beginning and why Karl-Marx-Straße is now his favorite spot in the city. Where are you from? I am from Lytkarino, a small town in the suburbs of Moscow. What is the strongest memory you have of your hometown? It’s a bit random, but…
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Tatyana Palyga lived in many places before finally moving to Berlin. She recently opened Zoopark Studio with her business partner Alexander Bondar in Berlin-Neukölln. Reason enough for us to sit down with her and…
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Zoopark Publishing Collective launches Zoopark Studio [Berlin] in Kreuzberg Zoopark Publishing Collective is a team of two Russian photographers, Tatyana Palyga and Alexander Bondar, officially named Zoopark Collective since 2016, but actually united already in…
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St. Petersburg’s finest: Markscheider Kunst is in town! Markscheider Kunst – a Russian band with a German name that plays tropically hot music. Rather odd. Or maybe not. The unusual name in German stands for…
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»Pop-Kultur« is an international festival based on three elemental foundations: 1. Live (Music, Talks, Readings, Exhibitions and films) 2. »Pop-Kultur Nachwuchs« (talents) and 3. Networking. The festival is held from August 23 to 25 in…
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Natalia was born and raised in Moscow but departed the capital for St.Petersburg as soon as she finished school to attend university. She immediately fell in love with the city and shortly began to…
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On April 1st, Amazingy Showroom will be opening its doors for a one day only Fiancé pop-up store. Fiancé is a jewelry brand by Mira Smurova founded in St.Petersburg in 2014. Amazingy is an online organic & natural…
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Meet identical twins Maria and Natalia. The pair were born in Leningrad yet departed from the city the year it regained its original name, St. Petersburg. Their father, a film producer and their mother,…
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This is Niina. Yes, Niina with double “i”. Niina was born in Saint Petersburg and when she was only two years old, she moved to Tallinn, Estonia. “The word ‘nina’ in Estonian means ‘nose’,”…
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Meet the fabulous Lera Nicoletti and the even more fabulous toys she makes. Lera was born and raised in Kazakhstan and she moved to Saint Petersburg for her studies when she was 18 years…
