20
TH
WINTER
In the heart of Europe winter reigns. Long, cold and dank. Grey and endless, it has shrouded Belarus with mystery. The seasons are no longer there. 20 years unrelenting winter. The 20th winter is upon me. Anxious, lonely and shivering... Every day I look at the sky and wait for a ray of sunshine to break through the veil of clouds. But my hope is fading year after year. Thoughts become sluggish and inert. Greyness and gloom in my eyes. I cannot flee, there is no escape. How to hide from this indiscriminate winter? I feel nothing but fear of freezing completely. Like others, I am looking for warmth. We huddle together in kitchens, talking and dreaming. But will we have the courage and faith to resist; see the sun where there is none? I am looking for a way to my spring. But for now I am just too fearful to live here.
RESISTANCE
Palace of Republic, Kastrychnitskaya sq., Minsk
ABANDONED
Brest-Litouskaya str., Minsk
NO EXIT
I want to get away but where? Railway, Minsk
UNDER CONTROL
Don’t look at me, I am trying to hide. Brest-Litouskaya str., Minsk
SELF-REALIZATION
Hide your works. We don’t need them. Children’s art studio, Minsk.
GENERATION CONCERN
Go deeper and deeper, straighten your arms forward. Close your ears to the groans and eyes to the ghosts. And do not open your heart to everyone who offers to help.
I AM AFRAID TO LIVE HERE
I am naked and helpless even at my own home.
GOING BLIND
Am I leading or am I held back. Who chained me? I don’t know where I am going.
UNBEATABLE HISTORY
Embrace your past but live for today. Museum of Z.Azgur, Minsk
ISOLATION
I am here. Close to you. You look at me but do you see me?
©PHOTOS BY VITALI KURETS