My Wallpaper. Fragments of a Lost Home II

My Wallpaper. Fragments of a Lost Home II is an outdoor sculpture that presents the wallpaper as an exposed and fragmented landscape. Composed of photographic fragments documenting the destruction of Ukrainian cities caused by Russian missile and artillery attacks, the work brings together images of shattered interiors, damaged streets, and interrupted traces of everyday life recorded in 2024. Installed outdoors, the wallpaper is torn, weathered, and partially disintegrating, echoing the persistence of war as a daily visual background.

Unlike the interior version of the My Wallpaper Installation this work introduces exposure to natural conditions as a key element. The wallpaper is mounted on a temporary metal support structure commonly used for banners and backdrops, and weighted with sandbags that recall protective measures widely used during the war. Incorporated into the installation is a child's melted chair found in the ruins of a home in Irpin, grounding the work in lived experience and irreversible loss.

The tearing of the wallpaper expresses a desire to peel away these images, to forget and move on, while recognising that such moments cannot be erased. War becomes a continuous visual landscape, absorbed into daily perception much like wallpaper itself. Subject to wind, sun, and rain, the installation is intended to change over time. After the exhibition, its materials are recycled and transformed into another work, positioning memory not as a fixed monument, but as a warning carried forward alongside the necessity to rebuild.