Special envoy to Syktyvkar
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From the outside, the building, located in a small courtyard overlooking the rue du 1er-Mai in the Komi capital, does not look like much, with its tired light gray roughcast facade.
But the completely renovated interior of the Revolt Center in Syktyvkar has been tastefully furnished, highlighting local resources and culture.
In the large room to the left of the entrance, the current exhibition plunges into the Komi forests thanks to photographer Grigoriy Pil.
On the right, a small cozy café offers refined sweets.
Inaugurated three years ago, this independent and progressive cultural center calls out to this city of 250,000 inhabitants far from everything.
Here, 1300 km northeast of Moscow, it has nevertheless found its audience: a young audience, who aspires to live and think freely, but also activists and residents involved in citizen initiatives.
In Syktyvkar, there are many of them, since the fierce popular protest that the region…
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