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Permanent circuses built across the former Eastern Bloc between the 1960s and the 1980s formed a distinct architectural typology. Rising in capital cities and regional centres alike, from Chișinău to Dnipro and from Tashkent to Almaty, these arenas combined socialist modernism, experimental engineering and choreographed spectacle. With their futuristic concrete forms and intricate interior mechanisms, they transformed the travelling circus into a civic institution: part theatre, part machine, part urban landmark. Discover more in our new book Cirk: www.zupagrafika.com/cirk

Our new photobook ‘KIOSK: The Last Modernist Booths Across Central and Eastern Europe’ is available now! Check it out in our webshop. – Mass-produced from the 1970s to the 1990s, modular kiosks like the seminal K67, designed by the Slovenian architect Saša J. Mächtig, and similar systems – including the Polish Kami, the Macedonian KC190, and the Soviet ‘Bathyscaphe’ – could be found anywhere throughout the former Eastern Bloc and ex-Yugoslav countries, from bustling city squares to socialist-era housing estates. They served as hot dog and Polish zapiekanka joints, farm egg and rotisserie chicken vendors, funeral flower shops, newsstands, car park booths, currency exchange offices, and more. Featuring over 150 kiosks – from Ljubljana to Warsaw, and from Belgrade to Berlin – our new photobook provides previously unseen documentation of the remaining modernist booths that witnessed the socio-political transformation of Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the 20th century. While some remain active or have undergone refurbishment, others have been abandoned or have slowly faded from the urban landscape. Cover photo by David Navarro & Martyna Sobecka #k67kiosk #kami #KC190 #Zupagrafika

The Last Modernist Kiosks Across Central and Eastern Europe… and the Former Yugoslavia zupagrafika.com/kiosk