Topography of Crime

title:	*Topography of Crime*
year:	2024
dimensions:	300/260 cm
technique:	Wood from waste, excavated from rural farms

description:	Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, in reference to T. Snyder's main book, are often referred to as the bloodlands. Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states, and western Russia are considered the theater of Europe's two most brutal crimes. It was there that the imperial visions of bloodthirsty dictators converged: Hitler and Stalin. There, along with their swarming population, 14 million people perished within twelve years. Their deaths were not a direct result of the war, but of a deliberate policy of extermination. Most often, they affected the innocent – women, children, and the elderly. All actions were carefully planned and executed. From the great famine in Ukraine, through the purges of Stalinist terror, to the Holocaust. The large-scale wooden structure, constructed from old farm items, doors, a bed, a pastry board, shutters, and hand-made weaving tools, forms a conceptual map of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. Between 1941 and 1944, Volhynia became the territory where the OUN-B consistently carried out its criminal activities, aimed at eliminating the Polish population from these areas. Subsequently, in 1944, the OUN-UPA's anti-Polish activities also extended to Eastern Galicia. These activities took the form of mass massacres planned and carried out by the UPA, with the support of the local Ukrainian population.

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