Solitaire history mixed with students and migrant

mixed with students and migrant workers

Johan Mijail (DO)

and Kersten Geers

Since 2011

Volia is to overcome obstacles and live to the fullest despite everything

Solitaire history mixed with students and migrantThese photos were taken during 20082013 in Saint Petersburg as a documentation of authors everyday household routines. All these years he lived in shared, so called communal, flats. There you dont choose your flatmates, usually they are families with kids and elders, mixed with students and migrant workers. Common areas, the kitchen and the bathroom, are the places to meet each other, willingly or unwillingly, and not so comfortable and nice to be in.