Hearts

Hearts is a documentative mixed media project that depicts the culture of Ukraine through separate people and simple questions that uncover the richness of the Ukrainian spirit, language, and cultural heritage. The project is divided into three sections: favorite Ukrainian word, first thing after the war, and favorite poetry. The first and the second sections contain QR codes that link to animation and audio with each participant answering the questions in the Ukrainian language. The whole project was shot on black and white film. Shooting film can be unpredictable, especially if taking pictures of a computer screen. Every participant had different lighting, environment, and video quality. Therefore, the outcomes of the images were always a surprise. It is meant to represent the unpredictability and uncertainty of today in the context of the war.