The Darkest Light
Ink transfer on mirror and glass, solder, flag pole, various sizes
What is asked of a maternal figure under war: to preserve life, secure continuity, absorb fear, carry memory, reproduce a nation? And which nation, when identity is split across language, history, borders, and displacement? For someone shaped by more than one national and cultural history, no single identity can fully contain these pressures. These questions come from a life and practice shaped by war, and remain present through years marked not only by the ongoing war in Ukraine, but also by armed conflicts far beyond it. During a second pregnancy, they feel harder to set aside. What passes to children through language, fear, attachment, and care remains unsettled, as does the question of who gives that inheritance its meaning. Private life becomes entangled with larger structures that seek to define it.
In such conditions, darkness reveals where light begins, each giving shape to the other.
2026
2026