Cola brands such as Vita Cola, Club Cola from East Germany and Kofola from the Czech Republic were born during the Cold War as local alternatives to Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Despite the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc more than 30 years ago, many of these products have persisted and continue to rival with global giants to this day.

 

The work satirically explores how these cola brands transcend their function as mere consumer goods into repositories of nostalgia and emotional connection, and how these commodities embody the entanglement of individual memories with the collective history of the Cold War era.