Communists in Outer Space

Buzludzha Foundation Exhibition 4. The Bulgarian-photographer Radoslav Parvanov (Радослав Първанов) stated during an opening speech at a recent exhibition (Kazanlak: 2016) that, “I have been a Buzludzha archivist for many years and have heard countless unexplained stories about the site. I am a graduate of electrical engineering and caught this shot last year. I had waited perilously during a storm, wet and cold, for several hours in the dark. After the initial lightning-bolt had died away, milliseconds later, I caught this. I have no rational explanation. It was only later on closer examination that I made out the presence of a strange figure central to the upper balcony.”

  Buzludzha Foundation Exhibition 4. Radoslav Parvanov.

  Photographs thereafter: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

  From the collection of Chinese travel writer Xiao Yang, author of: ‘Space-Hoppers and Inter-Stella Compression’, as chosen by Isabella Davies for her book cover ‘Communists in Outer Space’.

  Inside the de-atomisation Hadron chamber.

  Radunas mind-waves captured by Vo-Low Comparatives

  Bixbite beryl crystals smashed by treasure hunters. Town of Kazanlak in distance

  The Buzludzha complex extends six-levels below the peak. The reactor and laboratories remain intact. Above ground level - now stripped and derelict. The original balcony is still in place but the collider is now in the possession of CERN.’

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