Arabatka





The series is an observation of the confrontation between the local nature, frantic and variegated, and the man who either as a guest or a conqueror gets on its soil.

Perhaps the most aggressive impact on the local landscape was caused during the stay of the Soviet Union, the remnants of whose expansion here and there emerge from the lush fragrant herbage. Signs with advertisements for the sale of land or unfinished private property are also frequent components of the local landscape. This layering of elements creates the illusion of a special passage of time: as if slowed down by the relative absence of aggressive human intervention on these lands after the collapse of the Soviet empire.  Thus, conquering its territories back, Nature constantly emphasizes to man that his passive presence on this soil is shaky and unstable