In April 2020, due to the global quarantine the Kyiv police carefully guarded city parks from visitors, apparently in order to walk along lonesome magnolia alleys on their own. In Kyiv the civilian volunteers “Municipal Varta” with police guards had regularly burst into empty music clubs since November. They are concerned about distance and, possibly, music. Cherished Distance is a series of video art works by studio Radar, a graphic irony devoted to the surrealism of our new reality.
The artwork depicts a mysterious location constructed from a rough material like bricks or stone. But suddenly a viewer can easily tear it apart and see a job offer seeking a UI/UX Designer for a certain company in Ukraine.
The context of this setting is based on actual events in Ukrainian job market, that has been filled with many applications from switchers (people who change their profession). Many jobseekers were seriously affected by the ongoing war against Ukraine and seek a new future.
sister font for ZionTrain, inspired by Ukrainian city Kharkiv. showed with the text about russian terroristic attacks of the city. Kharkiv still fighting, the typeface helps to bring money for battle paramedics
I spent my childhood in a village near the woods in Ukraine. Naturally, I believed that it is full of spirits and mysterious creatures. This series of illustrations are inspired by that feeling I had as a child, when I was somewhere deep in the woods and heard a dry brunch creaking somewhere far, intruding a calm sound of the wind in the tree tops.
Xmas video with the naked eye 3d technology on the biggest led-screens in Eastern Europe.
The brief from a client, Gulliver shopping mall with the giant led-screens was: “we need a New Year cut-off between the ads”.
”Good” we replied, “are Lapland deers is okay?” we kept silent about the fact that the reindeers would throw off Santa and xmas trees-n-toys, also any red socks.
An experimental project that utilizes Python and OpenCV (Open Computer Vision). The program detects the predominant angle and extracts color data from a randomly sourced architectural image found on the internet, using this information to automatically design a poster.
The Ukrainians believed that the ornament served as a talisman against all evil that could happen in human life, and they tried to encode happiness, fate, life, and freedom into the ornament. Each element of the ornament has its own meaning. At different stages of life, a unique embroidery was created that helps in achieving desires. Experience, knowledge, and emotions weave the ornament of our lives. A woman is the protector of the family. The ornament is a guardian of a person.
Our team aims to investigate and document actual Ukrainian alternative art and introduce it outside Ukraine. This initiative brings together creators of different art practices giving opportunities for new kinds of international collaborations enabling Local Stickerbook to attract attention to such essential topics. We strive to push the boundaries of conventional aesthetics and show a brisk view of new reality, sending valuable cultural signals and messages to international communities.
We have the Ukrainian version of the proverb “Measure twice and cut once.” The difference is that it says to measure seven times. I’ve done a lettering depicting characters cut from paper and put into a scissors shape.
An experiment involving the scanning of objects under UV light using cyanotype.
February 2022 changed our lives forever. Till now Ukrainians are still manifesting their freedom and human dignity on the battlefield and in the rear. So the very first R/N/R collection is a tribute to our homeland. R/N/R loves Ukraine and its bold spirit. Our identity is grown on the beautiful land praised in our culture for centuries. Terra Ukraina is a hand-knotted rug series consider it a patchwork of Ukrainian charisma but first, it’s about something we feel like never before.
This linocut letter ornament offers a multi-layered experience of perceiving and deriving meaning from letters that aren’t just tools of communication but also independent graphic elements. This transformation enables a dual sensation: recognizing familiar letters and uncovering new meanings within the ornament.
This poster features 4 unique Ukrainian alphabet letters, resembling decorative capital letters in manuscripts, underlining self-identification through Ukrainian language.
Ukraine army has a significant and one of the biggest percentage of women in Armed Forces.
Cities, like people, have their own history of relationships, history of victories and defeats, successful negotiations and projects. Each of their residents is responsible for the future prosperity of their cities and for preserving the achievements of past generations.
“Damaged Treasures” collage was created in a memory of ruined house of Tanya’s husband family. All their photoalbums and other family relicts were burned after several attacks on the 16th of March 2022 in Mariupol.
This illustration created during the full-scall invasion russia into Ukraine. Artist shows the feelings of ukrainian’s children during alarm. Surrealistically she depicts ukrainians lives in pain and sorrow,
simultaneously leaving a place for hope and faith.
They have a very glorious history of their country – Ukraine. They have such strong roots that no one will ever be able to uproot them. Their land helps them.
My reflection on a polemic around negotiations and peace at any cost.
The lettering is dedicated to the moment when the city of Kherson was freed from occupation, and at the same time the threat of a Russian attack on the neighboring city of Mykolaiv was reduced. The name of the city of Mykolaiv is written on the picture and the elements of the sea and birds are depicted, as the city is next to a reservoir. This lettering is also dedicated to my friends from this city.
Poster created for protest against police violence
How big can your feelings make you? How secure does your home make you feel? How much does your home affect you as a person?
The artwork “Ukrainian Realism” was created in the end of May 2023, when Kyiv had been massively attacked by Russia 17 times – almost on a daily basis. The collage shows of the artist’s impressions of all horrible morning news of that month.
This immersive war simulation used manipulated 360-degree images of Basel and was presented as an interactive website. The viewer was able to look around and visit multiple places in the city.
the work is dedicated to a very productive day for our air defenders