Tree of Life 2 (Eye of War)
Дерево життя 2 (Око війни)
One of two panels installed beside Kharkiv's Palace of Labour, made entirely from glass gathered in the building's own courtyards after a strike. The composition resolves into a single watching eye set in the branching tree form.
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Tree of Life 1 (Dream)
The first street work of the "Tree of Life" series, assembled from glass broken by a Russian strike near the artist's own home and mounted on Myronosytska Street. It set the rule that each panel returns the shattered glass to the place it came from.
Tree of Life 3 (Rumble)
The companion panel to "Eye of War" at the Palace of Labour, titled after the sound of incoming fire. Both were built from the same collection of shards so that the glass would stay on the site where it was broken.
Tree of Life 5 (Beetle)
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Tree of Life 4 (Cerberus)
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