A tattooed hand or neck, no one is shocked or surprised anymore. Tattoos have become normal. Maybe even boring. It’s a bit different with the face tattoo. Very in your face. Or maybe not (anymore)? About the circles (Russian, of course) where the face tattoo has become normal and about the people who live with it every day.

Джизус (Djiezus, Jesus) is the name under which Vladislav Kozhikhov Dmitrievich (1997, from Kirov) creates music (or expresses himself musically). He’s not one to go unnoticed, as both the name and the person behind it make sure of that. And if not, there’s always Instagram.

A whole portrait in a few headlines. Meet Russia’s most controversial rap star – Dazed (2018) introduces rapper Face (sometimes Фэйс). Another notable headline is ‘I Am the Enemy of the State’: Russian Rapper Compares Russia to Prison Camp – The Moscow Times (2018). Despite this, he was named (by the Financial Times) as one of The Russian rappers Vladimir Putin wants to befriend. That might be difficult.

Tattoo artist Herman IX from Moscow ( website, VK) and filmmaker Stepan Vetoshnikov ( Vimeo) travel in two months from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok (over 7000 kilometers), funded by the money Herman earns along the way. Documentary, art, and road movie: it’s all of these combined and never too much.