From the Concentration of the Will at M17Earth (a series of 6 photos)20x50 cm, silver-gelatin print, 2023Price on request
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Immediately after the de-occupation, our entire land was littered with battered military equipment, it stood in columns on the roadsides, in fields, forests and forest strips.
Over time, the relative integrity of the equipment was even more violated: wheels, tracks, machine guns were removed - everything that had any value. The remains of the armor grew into the ground, and the autumn rains washed away both the Latin letters and the white crosses.
Now only large grease stains and isolated towers in the abandoned fields testify to the fury that will be faced by anyone who comes here with a weapon. And the mutilated trees and deep holes in the fertile black soil will remind you of the price of freedom.
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Oleksii Chystotin's Earth
"Immediately after the de-occupation, our entire land was dotted with damaged military equipment, standing in lines on the side of roads, in fields, forests and woodlands. Over time, the relative integrity of the equipment was further disrupted: wheels, tracks, machine guns - everything of any value was removed. The remnants of the armour have grown into the ground, and autumn rains have washed away both the Latin letters and the white crosses.
Now, only oil stains and single turrets in the abandoned fields bear witness to the fury that anyone who comes here with weapons will face. And the mangled trees and deep craters in the fertile black soil remind us of the price of freedom." - Oleksii Chystotin
About the artist
Oleksii Chystotin was born in 2000 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.2016-2020 – studying at the Kharkiv Art SchoolFrom 2020 - studying at the Kharkiv Academy of Design and Arts2019 - the beginning of work with analog photography2021 – creation of the creative association "Truba" (together with Igor Chogl)
List of the exhibitions
2021 – participation in the project "Gareleya neotodresh" (Severodonetsk, Ukraine)
2022 - "Times of war. Reflections" (Dzyga, Lviv, Ukraine)
2022 – Participation in the Goethe-Institut Bonn/Gareleya Neotodryosh project (Germany)
2022 – Young portfolio (K MoPA, Hokuto, Japan)
2023 - "I'll live it for you" (Splace, Linz, Austria)
2023 – participation in the "Life Goes On" project (Ukraine - Finland)