Ceramic piece with traditional Ukrainian Motanka Doll
Guardian
Passage
The “Guardian Passage” is an art installation intertwining images inspired by traditional Ukrainian Motanka dolls and poetry. This installation stemmed from my search for a verbal and visual vocabulary expressing despair and anguish brought by the Russian war on Ukraine, and the unbreakable spirit of resilience. The pairings of poems and images on the ceramic tiles form a Guardian Passage, a pass to victory.
Vasyl Stus, “A Hundred Years Since Sich Went Down” Taras Shevchenko, from “And Archimedes, and Galileo…” Stepan Charnetskyy “Red Guelder Rose” performed by Taras Kompanichenko Vasyl Stus, “In Memory of A. H.*” Pavlo Vyshebaba, “my generation” Vasyl Stus, “God, not patience, but fury.” Olha Palkova-Svirchevska, “Our roads are scarred by tracks…” Kateryna Mikhalitsyna ”Heron” Liudmyla Horova, “To the Enemy” performed by Angy Kreyda\n Людмила Горова, “Враже” Iryna Tsilyk, “I saw animals, aflame and frenzied…” Taras Shevchenko, from “The Caucasus” Pavlo Vyshebaba, “To my daughter” Liudmyla Horova “Down with the Russian Bridge to Crimea!“ Hlib Babich, “When death sits down on our barricade and asks, ‘So, who are you?’” Maksym Kryvtsov, “A strand of sky…” D. Kulyniak, “Cossack Mamay” performed by Volyn State Folk Choir\nД. Кулиняк, “Козак Мамай” Olena Tatianchenko, “I take in all the strength of my land…” Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, “(a distress map)” “City of Mary” performed by Okean Elzy\nОкеан Ельзи, “Місто Марії” Darka Babich, “We should have rejoiced at the first snow…” Maksym Kryvtsov, “Falling trees / falling people…” Sasha Skladno, “When I’m asking for money…” Dominika Kozlovska, “They’ve been telling her—grandma, the russians are near…” Kateryna Kalytko, “What did the Holy Mother utter…” Kateryna Kalytko, “Three days of winds and melted water…” Alex Averbuch, “he wasn’t there alone…” Arkadiy Shtypel, “Let them be cursed…” Iryna Starovoyt, “The grass under the scythe is still alive…” Oles Babiy, “March of the Ukrainian Nationalists” performed by Zoryana Konovalets\nОлесь Бабій, “Марш Українських Націоналістів” Hlib Babich “Molfar” performed by Kozak system\nГліб Бабіч “Мольфар” Dmytro Pavlychko “Fog moves through the valley…
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