2022

Everything that is valuable to us now is on fire. The propaganda machine works smoothly and accurately. Every new day is a gift. War: day 28, year 2022, 21st century This artwork is devoted to everyone who supports Ukraine – volunteers, coordinators, patrons, photographers, artists and creatives, Ukrainian bloggers, checkout cashiers at supermarkets and pharmacies, doctors, movers, drivers, and all who refuse to be silent… Together, sooner or later, we will extinguish this fire and live in peace. In a world of different, reconsidered values. As of today, over 3,5 million women and children escaped from Ukraine. These people left behind their possessions, houses and everything they valued. All money made from NFT will be handed over to aid Ukrainian refugees.

The installation was made in our studio in Kharkiv (the studio is now a shelter for us and families who couldn't leave the city) and digitized into NFT. Experimenting with fire resulted in a visual representation of emotions that are experienced by a person in a war-ridden environment.

The music for this artwork was composed by Armenian musician Hogh Khonav and Andrey Kulibin (Ukraine). It features the sound of my child’s laughter, which I extracted from a video where me and my family are just fooling around and enjoying being together. Now my family is in a safe place in Europe and I am confident about them.

The text on the golden mirror is the laws and statements of the Russian government made since February 24 and until today. Here are the translations of some of them: 02/24/2022 - “I have decided to conduct a special operation. Its goal is to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years. And for this we will seek the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine,” Putin said.

03/02/2022 - Medvedev: "do not forget that economic wars in the history of mankind often turned into real ones"

03/03/2022 - Citizens held liable for participation in an unauthorized public event directed against the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation outside the territory of the Russian Federation are subject to conscription for military service. Such citizens are sent to military service on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic or the Luhansk People's Republic.

03/04/2022 - The State Duma unanimously and in three readings at once adopted a bill on penalties for disseminating false information about the actions of the Russian military. article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for punishment of up to 15 years in prison

03/10/2022 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia did not attack Ukraine and is not going to attack other countries