The Brutal Buzz by Indie: An Intimate Look Inside The Lithuanian Disco Scene

Thursday, March 13, 2014

An Intimate Look Inside The Lithuanian Disco Scene

In his book “DISKO” photographer Andrew Miksys documents Lithuanian teens in village clubs. The project captures an astonishing mixture of Soviet-era debris and a hopeful new generation.

From 2000–2010 Andrew Miksys photographed youth in village clubs along the back roads of Lithuania. Most of the venues Miksys explored are located in Soviet-era Houses of Culture where he sometimes found gas masks, Lenin paintings and other discarded remnants of the Soviet Union. As a Lithuanian-American from Seattle, he was intrigued by the history of the discos and the teenage culture in these European post-war communities. The images portray a new hopeful generation in a swirl of uncertainty, fog, and disco lights.