Original artwork description:

“Between Worlds” is a sculpture about life at the threshold. Two concrete blocks register the human trace of the Anthropocene — an era of infrastructure and ruins. Between them sits a relocated tree root. It acts as an autonomous participant in the environment: it holds the opening, reshapes the passage, and points to other agents alongside our constructions — plants, soils, microorganisms. Two tempos meet here: the fast pace of building and the slow biography of growth. The empty space reads as a path — about the movement of people, seeds, and meanings.

The Ukrainian context makes this border condition personal. Today many Ukrainians live “between worlds”: between home and temporary shelter, between a past life and the need to build a new one, between the hope of return and the reality of displacement. The root becomes an image of re-rooting — a fragile yet effective support in new circumstances; the concrete is a reminder of responsibility for the structures we create and the war’s impact on landscapes. The sculpture invites us to see city and nature as one system and to imagine the future through co-habitation and care rather than control.

Materials used:

concrete, wood

Tags:

#tree #wood #migration #minimalism #gray #concrete #ecology #crackle #anthropocene #wood abstract #ukranian #metamodern