Tools

Technique:
Engraved cobblestones
Year:
2022-2023

A pile of cobblestones with an engraving of the Soviet times' photo camera brand's logo, which disguises a totalitarian ideology. Young people are obsessed with film photography. But in Ukraine, I am also intrigued that they use Soviet cameras for taking those pictures. But what images did they create if one of the most popular cameras - FED — was named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, who was one of the architects of the Red Terror? How is the tool of production affecting the final image? Where is the killed avant-garde artist hidden in a fancy shot of a stylish coffee shop? Or where is the mass grave on the colourful photo of the rave?

Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, photo by Mira Turba

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools

Maksym Khodak. Tools