[Reader-list] some snaps from Ukrainian history

[ravikant]

Yes, Naim Saheb,

Instant, poignant, awesome artwork! See the video first and read the 
guide pasted below later.

ravikant


I found it riveting. Apparently it's quite a popular art in that part of 
the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg

Begin forwarded message:
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>     > This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got
>     > Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of
>     > pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary
>     > people were affected by the German invasion during World War
>     > II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is
>     > mesmeric to watch.
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>     > The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in
>     > the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about
>     > £75,000.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting
>     > holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then
>     > warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby
>     > arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns
>     > and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a
>     > young woman’s face appears.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and
>     > sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown
>     > Soldier.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the
>     > viewer is looking out on the monument from within a
>     > house.
>     >
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>     >
>     > In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a
>     > man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the
>     > glass, saying goodbye.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine,
>     > resulted in one in four of the population being killed with
>     > eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42
>     > million.
>     >
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>     >
>     >
>     > Kseniya Simonova says:
>     >
>     > "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper
>     > and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is
>     > beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the
>     > subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears.
>     > And there’s surely no bigger compliment."
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>     >
>     > Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art.
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>     > click on the link below -
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>     > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg
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