CAROLINE BURRAWAY

SONIASHNYK (1,000 sunflowers dipped in plaster)

The once vibrant sunflowers, a symbol of identity and peace now lie covered in plaster, their bleaching a signifier of its scorched land, its lost lives.

Each stem a thousand dead and yet a glimpse of yellow beneath the cracks peeps through - a symbol of resistance, unity and hope, a nod to the resilience and bravery of the Ukrainian peoples.

The sound of the wind and snow filmed on a research trip in an abandoned cornfield at the borders of Ukraine, the humming of the Ukrainian Children’s choir and a young Ukrainian child singing Oi u luzi chervona Kalyna - a symbol of freedom and resilience.