First read
- BEFORE
YOU WATCH THE VIDEO.
This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent",
Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an
illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were
affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her
talent, which admittedly is a different one, is mesmeric to
watch.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the
audience to tears and she won the top prize of about
$130,000.00
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting
holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then
warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman's face crying, but then a baby
arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns
and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a
young woman's face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad,
before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown
Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the
viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house.
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a
man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the
glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine,
resulted in one in four of the population being killed with
eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42
million.
Kseniya Simonova says: "I find it difficult enough to create
art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand
and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war
is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience
members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment."
Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art..
