Swimming in the Black Sea

Ukrainian black earth and Scottish soil. Bottle tops, sacred oil, flotsam and jetsam gathered on walks through Kharkiv. 3 x 4 m. Photograph: Valeria Byutsok

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Map of Swimming in the Black Sea and This is the Land

Pencil drawing and prints on paper. Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv, 2017.

Swimming in the Black Sea

Ukrainian black earth and Scottish soil. Bottle tops, sacred oil, flotsam and jetsam gathered on walks through Kharkiv. 3 x 4 m. Photograph: Valeria Byutsok

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Artworks above from residency at Yermilov Arts Centre, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2017.

Swimming in the Black Sea, article for Tblisi Architecture Biennial Journal about Scottish Gaelic concept of dùcthas in relation to national identities.

Prints below from research trip to the New Thinking School, Kyiv, Ukraine 2024.

Emergence, black

Lino print, 2025.

Emergence, yellow

Lino print, 2025

they were shouting holy holy holy

Lino print, 2025

Emergence, black

Lino print, 2025.

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