Many of you will have read that the month of March was a month of support on Pineapple. All of the store’s profits were donated to help those in need in Ukraine. A fitting end to the month is the following article. Vic Bakin has put together a private collection, which is now available to buy and Pineapple publishing a selection of these. I hope many of you will take the opportunity to buy them. You can find all details below.
‘HEAVY CLOUDS’ — is a collaboration and exhibition at the Ɇ (Kyrylivska, 41) & limited edition bookzine published by Standard Deviation Label in 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
“To keep myself and close ones afloat at this uncertain time, while participating in different fundraisers for Ukraine, I set up a print sale on my own. Those are the original artworks from ‘HEAVY CLOUDS’. Very dear and personal to me. Each artwork is unique and one of a kind.” – Vic Bakin
White acrylic on 10x15cm b/w lab print. All printed and made throughout 2019-2021. Shot 2014-2021. Signed and stamped on reverse.
How to buy?
1. Some of these works are sold already, but you can check out the available pictures from the gallery here
2. Let Vic know your choice via vicbakindaily@gmail.com (theme: Heavy Clouds) or Instagram DM.
3. PayPal to vicbakindaily@gmail.com is used as a payment method. The standard price is $50 each artwork + $5 shipping cost worldwide. Few of the works are $75 + $5.
4. At the start of each week while it’s possible I’ll be shipping the prints from Kyiv, Ukraine via Ukrposhta — national postal service. Tracking number included. Take into account that regarding current situation in Ukraine, the shipping may will take some time.
“In my photography I feel attached towards the nature of longing and obsession, towards the temporary and fading nature of everything. I started this project while in lockdown. I had to suspend my photographic practice for quite a long time. Meeting and spending time with new people became quite a deal. This made me stop and look closer to my archives. I have stacks of photos as I always print them at the ordinary lab. Same as I did being teenager. I know everything will end but those prints will last forever. Deus conservat omnia.
I realized how much time gone by since I made my first photo. Some of those moments stuck with me forever, like a vivid dream, colorful in my head. But others were so desaturated and bleary that I barely remember it. Almost like I see the photograph for the first time that’s made by somebody else, not me. Dim fragments appear as if my mind is obscured by something — some parts are missing.
It came naturally to me that I can put visually my emotional experience of absence, recreate the blank spots that were «staining» my memory. That immediately brought ‘Heavy Clouds’ to my mind. I’m interested in what’s uncovered deliberately and what’s hidden unintentionally.
I’m interested in the confluence of two mediums, whether I reveal or hide. Those textures — an ode to fading! I never had the ability to write a poem. I won’t write my poem till I’m in my right mind. For now it’s in pictures.” – Vic Bakin
Photographs by Vic Bakin @vicbakin / cargocollective.com/vicbakin
All of Pineapple’s profits for the month of March will go to help those in need in Ukraine. >> Fundraising Account for Humanitarian Assistance to Ukrainians Affected by Russia’s Aggression / LINK
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