3D exhibition: How the war stole my home twice

Published: Apr 20, 2022 Reading time: 1 minute
3D exhibition: How the war stole my home twice
© Foto: Polina Budagovska

A virtual 3D exhibition of drawings about the life of a young Ukrainian girl. Organized by People in Need.

Author: Polina Budagovska

"I’m Polina and I’m from Ukraine. I’m 19. I’m from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, but when war started there in 2014 I had to flee, when I was 12."

"That was the first time I heard the sound of bombing. And I’ve never been back since then to Donetsk, where my happy childhood ended in May 2014. The war separated my life into before and after. When the “after” turned into a new home in Kyiv, a new school, new friends, a new normal life, it was a real horror to get a flashback and be woken again by the sound of bombing. After more than eight years. I hate the sense of fear and being unprotected. I will never understand this war… I’ve left my home again. War is the most terrible thing in the world…"

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Or use the following link: https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/node/9853066

Autor: Polina Budagovska

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