On June 7, a new exhibition titled“The Air of War” will open at the Odesa Museum. The author of this project is an active serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, whose identity remains confidential.

The museum announced the event on its social media channels.

The initial motivation for creating this installation stemmed from the author's personal experience of loss and the struggle to cope with trauma. The memory space conceived by the author serves as a place where each fallen comrade can be symbolically present in memory, as stated in the press release.

The project is fully confidential: no names or personal data of servicemen are disclosed; there is no information that could compromise military secrets or the identity of the author, who is still serving.

The installation will consist of 88 canvases, each named after the date of a comrade’s death.

The project is curated by Yulia Tomashevskaya-Harachuk. As part of the opening, there will also be a lecture by the curator of the Memory/Culture/Art platform, Oksana Dovhopolova.

The museum has warned that there is an age restriction: children under 16 are not allowed.

On the opening day, admission is free. After that, tickets will cost up to 100 UAH. For individuals who have been forced to leave their homes, admission will be free.