Postcards From Ukraine

WHAT IF THE RUINS COULD TALK?

What stories did the architectural heritage destroyed due to the Russian-Ukrainian war take with it? A devastating invasion of Russians is trying to take history away from Ukraine, continuing the tradition of the Soviet Union. Ukraine holds on and chews out its victory at a huge cost. In addition to the fact that Ukraine is losing its best people: military and civilian, we also often lose our cultural heritage. The ruins, which were once historical, scientific, and cultural buildings, took with them the layer of history associated with them. And we at Adje with our friends at Green Penguin, have taken it upon ourselves to give these ruins their voices back. To tell the world their stories.

Cultural figures from different parts of the world became the voices. These voices are loud and eloquent. We recorded our heroes on video. And with the help of projection, they were made part of the destroyed facades. Also, we worked with video materials from various journalists from places where our film crew could not reach due to hostilities or occupation. And for these videos, we used a double exposure technique to connect our heroes with bricks and concrete, which were once the decorations of different cities and now can tell about what the Russians did to them.