‘This is an old Ukrainian pagan tradition to celebrate the summer solstice. During the Soviet Union, Ukrainian culture, language, tradition, music and history was attempted to be wiped out, often very violently. Since the full-scale invasion in 2022, I saw a real reclamation of Ukrainian tradition across all spheres. I wanted to make space to celebrate that within the work’

Aria Shahrokhshahi

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