Santa barbara soap opera series#

Arguably anВ effective vehicle ofВ foreign influence onВ Russian culture, Santa Barbara made people want toВ resist the cultural colonisation that has been aВ recurrent part ofВ their history. ItВ encouraged them toВ dream ofВ a 'beautiful life' but also encouraged them toВ re-evaluate their identity, while raising ambiguous attitudes towards the pervasiveness ofВ Western culture. ByВ introducing viewers toВ aВ non-Soviet way ofВ life, itВ awakened new aspirations and emotions.

Santa barbara soap opera series#

Santa Barbara was the longest running series inВ the history ofВ Russian television (1992-2002). The starting point for the project isВ the first American soap opera toВ appear inВ Russia. The 100-day performance, Santa Barbara вЂ“ A Living SculptureВ by Ragnar Kjartansson, offers aВ chance toВ goВ back 30В years toВ the moment when modern Russia was born. How Not toВ BeВ Colonised? isВ composed ofВ aВ variety ofВ exhibition, live and public programme elements, the largest ofВ which isВ aВ durational performance especially created for GES-2 byВ Ragnar Kjartansson.