Drakia, Dacha, 2000s, Photograph

"About the location in which I spent every summer as a child, about childhood memories, inspiration and the reality of adulthood, when you do not always notice the bright, and this inflatable balloon, this is about the childhood that we are sometimes so afraid to let go"

Kate Starunska, also known as Drakia, is an artist who has spent most of her life in Kyiv. Her art delves into the concept that each individual perceives the world uniquely, with our eyes acting as our primary lenses, much like a camera. Starunska's work is deeply personal, reflecting her inner state and capturing the essence of each moment. "We do not choose the body and our mind from birth, but we choose what to see and how to treat it ourselves. My work is about me, about my inner state and the feeling of each moment. I learned with the help of photography to see in Kyiv and Ukraine what I had never noticed before and put it in every photo I took. My work is not about beauty, but about reality and diversity, every moment. "