This is a photo project done by me, Zorica Petkoska, and Lilika Strezoska. Skopje, Macedonia and Tokyo, Japan are so far apart, they might easily be on different planets. Yet, they've been linked all this time.
What links modernist architecture in Skopje to Japan is that the city master plan has been created by a the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange and his team after the devastating earthquake in Skopje in 1963. Sadly, the master plan was never fully implemented and the architecture from this period is largely neglected. So what rekindles the link with Japan is the subcultures who are fans of Japanese pop-culture. The girls and guys in these photos are all J-fans sporting Harajuku street fashion and they did a Harajuku-event in Skopje organized by Olivera Mladenovska.
So there you have it, the 'brut' and the 'cute'. A little bit of concrete and a little bit of color go a long way to build bridges.
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At UKIM (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University)
Fairy Kei at UKIM University
Fairy Kei at UKIM University
Shironuri at student dormitory "Goce Delchev"
Visual Kei + Host Kei at a train station
Kodona at Central Post Office
Mori Kei at Museum of Contemporary Art
Mori Kei at Museum of Contemporary Art
Mori Kei at Museum of Contemporary Art
Oshare Kei at National Bank
Kodona at Central Post Office
Oshare Kei at National Bank
Shironuri at student dormitory "Goce Delchev"
Gyaru at "City Wall"
Gyaru at "City Wall"
Ko-Gal at high school "Nikola Karev"
Visual Kei + Host Kei at a train station
Hime Lolita at highschool student dormitory
Ouji at the Weather Prediction Center
Decora at highschool student dormitory
Cult Party Kei at a high school "Nikola Karev"
Gothic Lolita at the Weather Prediction Center
Ko-Gal at high school "Nikola Karev"
Neo Street Fashion at UKIM university
Gothic Lolita at the Weather Prediction Center
Neo Street Fashion at UKIM university
Goth Loli and Ouji at the Weather Prediction Center
At highschool "Nikola Karev"
At highschool "Nikola Karev"
At highschool "Nikola Karev"