Russia / A Village of Art and Jobs

Quirky art configurations dot a vast, snowy plain: a giant silver cylinder curves upwards into the sky, a wooden ship tosses on an icy sea and long-winged insects cling to a pole.

In some ways, the Russian village of Nikola-Lenivets in December looks like Burning Man’s creativity was copied and pasted onto the tundra. The eccentric art installations bring over 30,000 visitors to the tiny village and its surrounding territory each year, bolstering the still struggling economy. Formerly collective farmland, the territory experienced a massive loss of jobs following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor from

via Rachel Stern: A Russian Village That Creates Art And Jobs.