This series was shot in Ukraine during a residency conceptually directed by Boris Mikhailov. The 2.5 meter Duratran lightboxes are installed into a dis-used Soviet Factory in Donetsk, Ukraine.
FRACTURE & HEALING
Ukraine’s present is informed by its terrible past and there is an inherent pessimism in its view of itself, it seems to seek solutions to its problems outside, looking both east and west.
The historic use of flowers in art as metaphor apply equally here but they also acknowledge the historical importance of Ukraine’s fertile soil and mineral wealth as a clue to where the recovery may come.
I have an affinity with the hospital gardens and their fractured inhabitants. The juxtaposition of injured with the flowers, betrays my own damage, acknowledging that ultimately healing can only come from within.