内容简介
From1998to2005,IvanSigalworked,livedandtravelledinCentralAsia,traversingRussia,Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan,KyrgyzstanandAfghanistan.Heroamedwithadualidentity:ontheonehanddesigningmediaprojectswithlocalcommunities;ontheother,anitinerantdocumentarian.Theimagesfromhismulti-yearodysseyrevealtheunsettledlivesofEurasiansinprovincialtownsandcities.Alongsidethephotos,anepisodicnarrativeunfolds:vignetteschroniclingSigalsencounterswhiletracinghisrestlesspassagethroughthelandscape.Throughimageandtext,WhiteRoadaddresseswhatwasleftbehindwhentheSovietUnionsideologicalsuperstructurewasstrippedaway,eliminatingthegrandnarrativethatimposedmeaningonpeopleslives.Thecumulativeeffectisthatofasearchwithoutacentreorapparentgoal.Wesensethatcircumstancesofhistoryandpowerpropelussubject,traveller,andreaderfromencountertoencounter,andfromplacetoplace.ThetermwhiteroadmeanssafejourneyinKazakh,KyrgyzandUzbek.ThesewordsareprintedonroadsignsattheedgesofCentralAsiantowns,wishingtravellerswellastheyentertheemptinessofthesteppe.