Lost routes, 2021
Bus tickets, polaroid. 4.6 х 6.2 cm
In Autumn 2021 я attended art residency in Mariupol, Ukraine. During this month I walked dozens kilometers, taking pictures of places that I wanted to remember, places, where I dreamed to come back. There were some tickets for new Mariupol buses in my pockets. Childish habit to collect tickets from road trips.
Before 24th of February 2022 I thought it’s photos on coming back to the beloved city. Nowadays it’s about lost routes. There’s no opportunities to come back to Mariupol as well as there’s no way to escape, leave, or evacuate. The roads for food and medicine are cut. The paths where locals had a walks are bombed. The city is heavily breathing. It’s a hostage of war.
Olga Chekotovska 