i dream of seeing the steppe again 

This workshop was developed in collaboration with Serhii Lymanskyi to raise funds for Serhii in the moment of need.  
The workshop shares vegetal stories of Kreidova Flora/Chalk flora, a nature reserve in Donetsk oblast, which is home to many endangered and endemic species. Based on the photo archive of Serhii, a director of the reserve, who have preserved and documented this unique place for years, Darya invites everyone to learn about different species and draw a plant on a shared piece of paper, hoping to collectively imagine the steppe in bloom. Kreidova Flora/Chalk Flora has been at the epicentre of fighting for years, and Serhii’s home was totally destroyed. As part of the workshop, we kindly ask you to consider donating to Serhii, if you can, his PayPal is hranytelgor@gmail.com.

The workshop was conducted at

Ivana Kupala festival, Phytology/Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London, UK, curated by Olha Pryymak, Dana Olărescu, and Lika Tarkhan-Mouravi. 
June 24, 2022

in collaboration with Iryna Zamuruieva, sett studios, Edinburgh, UK 
July 26, 2022 

ეზო/ezo, Tbilisi Architecture Biennale, Tbilisi, Saqartvelo (Georgia)
October 19, 2022 

Art and Life in Times of War, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
8 July, 2023
 


 

Photo by Abi Lewis