"Wanderings"

In the minds of almost every modern person, rest is somehow connected with a change of places and contexts. We strive to "switch" from the routine of life to some other exotic impressions for us. In the conditions of war, almost every soldier and civilian dreams of changing circumstances. We all dream of rest, as comfortable as possible and as far away from the traumatizing realities of today as possible. But even in dreams and dreams about rest, the subconscious throws at us traumatic artifacts of the realities of wartime, which persistently remind us of life in one of the greatest humanitarian disasters and war crimes of the 21st century, which is the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Despite its illusory and phantasmagoric nature, this project is also a reflection of its time and era: the era of panic attacks, post-traumatic disorders, the era of struggle and dreams of victory.

Oleksandr Zakletskyi,

curator, art manager, senior soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces