Anastasiia Dekhtiaruk

Mixed media artist

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Life in Lines

Year
2022 – 2023
Medium
Photography, video, drawings
Place
Ukraine
Video still: a cyclist blurred in motion Mixed media animation video-art Life in Lines · 2023 Watch on Vimeo

“From momentary happy moments to fear and anxiety.”

The photo and video project «Life in Lines» is an important testament to the lives of civilians during the war in Ukraine. This project promotes the idea of observing contrasts, from momentary happy moments to fear and anxiety.

The project provides a unique look at the reality of people who continue to live, love and hope even in the most difficult conditions. A special emphasis on the drawings created together with the author’s five-year-old brother adds warmth to the project, emphasizing the importance of family ties and hope.

Photographs and drawings19 images
Letters03

Alla17 years old

When you watch Putin’s address about something, you don’t really believe that it’s serious, but when you hear explosions, you realize that this is the war that happened to you in your hometown when you were 16.

At first, you don’t understand anything at all: how long it will last, how other countries will react, whether they will help us, whether the Russians will reach your city, and whether our defense forces will be able to cope with all this.

You don’t know what’s in store for your family, your loved ones, whether your dad, who joined the Ukrainian armed forces on the first day, will be okay, but you know for sure that you have to be strong. I’m 18 in a week and I’m still strong. I’ve been waiting for my dad to come back from Russian captivity for a year now and I’m sure I will. As well as waiting for the time when Ukraine will be free.

Elizabeth16 years old

Seven in the morning. I open my eyes, turn off the alarm, and freeze.

War. And then everything is a blur…

Fear, pain, despair. Millions of crippled lives.

The most precious thing, life, is being taken away from us. But our strength and liberty will never be taken away from us.

Oksana11 years old

4am, I get up to see my mom running around the apartment packing, I ask what’s wrong? She says it’s okay, go back to sleep. I thought about it, but then I decided to sleep.

An hour passed, my mom woke me and my brother up and told me to get dressed, I asked what’s wrong? She said the war started in a nervous voice, as it was 5-6 in the morning, I sat in the hall with my younger brother, he was still asleep. The news was on the TV like everyone else.

My mom woke up my dad, my dad didn’t believe it at first, but after seeing the news, he said it wouldn’t be long. When there were explosions, the house shook, because it was the first day of the war, we were not used to the explosions yet.