GRANTEE
My research and photography project is devoted to the study of the architectural and social features of the phenomenon of Ukrainian mosaics of the Soviet period. The project aims to research, collect, document, and preserve mosaics of the twentieth century to cherish the past, celebrate cultural diversity, and create a bridge between generations while also promoting the importance of preserving cultural heritage worldwide. The monumental mosaics can be seen literally in every part of Ukraine. These works have an extraordinary fate. They were conceived primarily as public space decorations. But citizens never thought about the mosaics as something valuable. I plan to make a series of expeditions to remote villages and small towns all over the country to make a documentation of a hidden part of monumental art, so called "outsider mosaics," which were never mentioned in periodicals or books, thereby remaining out of the attention of art critics and art historians.