BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION OF EXISTENCE (2023)

Mum and I have always been close. This video essay builds on our conversations and mum’s photos of Kyiv she was sharing with me in WhatsApp after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war cuts deep into the everyday realities, into our most intimate relations, disfigures the familiar. Against this violence, my mother holds on to life and stays attuned to its diverse forms, and I stay attuned to her.