In Far From Ukraine, an installation based on memories, found or rescued objects and quotations from discussions he has collected, Yana Bachynska evokes the experience of war refugees. These people, torn between their homes and country of asylum, whose lives are awash with contradictory emotions, such as the joy of being safe and the shame of living in safety when relatives and acquaintances are in danger, or have already been killed.
Yana Bachynska (b. 1991, Ukraine) is in residency at the Cité internationale des arts.