Kraj

Technique:
365 graphic images compiled into a tear-off calendar
Year:
2022

Kraj (Ukr. for "edge", "land", "border" and "end") does not have a defined form. The form has never been an inherent feature of Kraj since its origin. Kraj is similar to a roar or an attempt to scream in a dream. If we could hear the soil, it would sound like Kraj.

Kraj is a land, a landscape of wild fields, forests, and steppes. It reminds us of the sounds of birds, the bird itself. Each bird, its colour, size and length of the beak can tell a lot about the environment where it used to be.

Kraj is needle cuts on metal. Scratching a drawing on a brass board, etching it in acid, and beating paint into the affected areas, we get a print that is a fixation of a moment, a fixation of time.

The time is fixed in the structure of a calendar. Each sheet is a reflection of the previous day. Peeling back the sheet, we also see a torn Kraj.

Eduard Balula and Maria Bogomolova. Kraj

Eduard Balula and Maria Bogomolova. Kraj

Eduard Balula and Maria Bogomolova. Kraj

Eduard Balula and Maria Bogomolova. Kraj

Eduard Balula and Maria Bogomolova. Kraj

Eduard Balula and Maria Bogomolova. Kraj