An essay by Olga Bubich on a controversial series of photographs/document Madhouse (Durdom), taken by Galina Moskaleva and Vladimir Shakhlevich in a historical turning point: the period of liquidation of the USSR and proclamation of independent Belarus. By means of creating a collage, the artists compare the image and energy of the rally in Minsk on November 7, 1991 with children-patients in the mental house in Novinki.

What is there in common between an open pink beauty bag, half a melon, or a a hatch covered in moss? Dasha Buben, a feminist, artist, and photographer from Gomel, is certain that all those objects can help draw attention to women’s issues. Since spring 2016, Dasha has been capturing and posting everyday objects on her Instagram that look like vulvas with the hashtag #everydayifindnewpussy. She talked to Bird in Flight about why she looks for similarity to body parts in hollows and fruits and how it helps advocate for women’s rights.

Olga Bushkova, a mathematician who moved from Russia to Switzerland, creates a photo project about spooglers — the wives of Google employees. When they break out of the hamster wheel of their lives back home, they face boredom and a lack of knowledge about their own interests.