At the Burning Man 2024 contemporary art festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada (USA), the Ukrainian media project Witness presented an installation called "I'm Fine". The sculpture symbolizes Ukraine's resistance against the war.
This was reported by ukraine.ua.
The installation was created by Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Say and Ukrainian Witness founder Vitaliy Deynega.
"People stand and watch. Sometimes for a long time. The braver ones touch the sharp edges. Many cry. It seems that our idea has worked, and tens of thousands of people will hear it here. Our absolutely inadequate living conditions have become the norm for us, we have learned to be strong and to celebrate life even under these circumstances", wrote project initiator Vitalii Deynega.
The sculpture is 32 meters long and 7 meters high. The installation weighs more than 10 tons, and the road signs "Pedestrian Crossing" were used to symbolize the people killed by the Russians at the beginning of the war simply for crossing the street or riding a bicycle. There are also two "Beware of Children" signs. One of them was taken down near a school completely destroyed by the Russians in the Kherson region.
The festival gathers thousands of visitors every year, where artists from all over the world present their own cultural performances.
Author: Inna Mikhno