Shkolna Yaroslava

Side part “Prayer to rescuers, volunteers and power grid workers”.

“The sets of images are the result of my search for basic graphic symbols, and research into the symbolism of colors:

– green: military and life

– red – blood and life

– blue and gold – sky and eternity

A kinesthetic object (hare) that is offered to the audience for interaction as part of each installation can contribute to the involvement (directing of concentration) of the audience to the works.

I came to art in the immature maturity to solve my existential issues. I am the flesh of the flesh of my tribe, my generation, my people, so I`m learning to be an artist from YouTube tutorials – absorbing lectures on art, history and philosophy, trying to distinguish the identification code of Ukrainian culture. The war brought me complete disillusionment with rationality. I started looking for functionality instead of rationality.

What is the function of art in an irrational world? I decide for myself that art should perform the same function as shamanic or spiritual practices – to help interact with the immeasurable and unknowable. So now I practice art as a ritual. A non-existent ritual that its participants can fill with meanings depending on their needs.

The kinesthetic objects I create are essentially ceremonial object. And interaction with the works, depending on the viewer’s needs, can be either a game of associative puzzles or a quick journey into one’s own unconscious.”