Time capsule

Oleksandr Zhukovsky

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Work created during the occupation of Kherson by russian troops.

The time when Ukrainian art was a threat to the occupiers.

Time of cultural and artistic resistance.

The time of invisible resistance.

The author creates the work in his garden near his house, because all other spaces are closed or dangerous.

“Archaeological debris" became a part of the artwork – they are fragments or objects that symbolize our period of time.

The boat as an archetype.

Charon's boat, which will transport the occupiers to hell across the river of Dnipro like Styx.

A lifeboat that will take the Capsule down the River of Time.

The artist hid his artworks in the middle of the Capsule.

For each of these paintings, he could be imprisoned and punished by the occupiers.

Therefore, he securely hides them in a capsule and sends them down the river of time.

The paintings created during the occupation are waiting for their time to be revealed to the world under new circumstances.

Location: city of Kherson