Ukraine’s Got Talent
August 14th, 2009 Posted in Oddities
Kseniya Simonova – Sand Animation
Amazing stuff… and beats the typical act. They need to hold a world finals.
She recounts Germany conquering Ukraine in the second world war. She brings calm, then conflict. A couple on a bench become a woman’s face; a peaceful walkway becomes a conflagration; a weeping widow morphs into an obelisk for an unknown soldier. Simonova looks like some vengeful Old Testament deity as she destroys then recreates her scenes – with deft strokes, sprinkles and sweeps she keeps the narrative going.
She moves the judges to tears as she subtitles the final scene “you are always near”.
