So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory of it. It still is in the cultural memory and identity of these cities as much as it is in the physical and architectural memory. It's where these two things overlap, I think, that we're trying to explore with the photos.
Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out. - Gary Hustwit
Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.
- Gary Hustwit
Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games. - Gary Hustwit
Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.
If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it up as a point of pri… - Gary Hustwit
If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it up as a point of pri…
Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for… - Gary Hustwit
Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for…
Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they j… - Gary Hustwit
Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they j…
We were talking to shop owners or ordinary people who were living in these buildings now. A lot of the Olympic Villages were turned into housing. - Gary Hustwit
We were talking to shop owners or ordinary people who were living in these buildings now. A lot of the Olympic Villages were turned into housing.
In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics. - Gary Hustwit
In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.
So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory o… - Gary Hustwit
So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory o…
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and… - Gary Hustwit
Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and…
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