'A story about the sun'

I have always been fascinated by the sun and its significance, and in this book, I have collected interesting facts about it, along with my illustrations of them. The image of the sun has long been considered a symbol of life, the flow of time, and the immutability of the world. In my mind, the image of the sun symbolizes the way to a bright future and, at the same time, to its end. This book was created in 2022. In the naïve encyclopedic form, I wanted to demonstrate how art allows us to encode meanings that are forbidden by the authorities. The photograph of the real sun occurs only at the beginning and at the end, as a boundary image of exit or entrance into a closed space. All other photos were taken in underground Soviet bunkers, where I recreated the image of the sun using artificial light. The reconstruction of light in this context is a nod to the uncertain future that awaits us, or has already become our present reality.

Edition of 30 
Self-publishing
English language