{"id":3803,"date":"2022-08-16T00:02:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastfutureart.wpengine.com\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T10:52:15","slug":"alevtina-kakhidze-mother-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastfutureart.org\/en\/alevtina-kakhidze-mother-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The House of Alevtina Kakhidze\u2019s Mother: The Monument to All Who Did Not Partake in the War but Became Its Participant"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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The House of Alevtina Kakhidze\u2019s Mother: The Monument to All Who Did Not Partake in the War but Became Its Participant<\/h1>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Alevtina Kakhidze created a monument to her mother, which bears a dedication to all civilians who live and die today in the East of Ukraine. But foremostly, this project is a poignant and beautiful expression that intermixes personal and collective memory with reverence for the human. We asked the artist to talk about this tender yet potent gesture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2014 This woman, did she fight? At such an old age? Was she in the military?
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There are people who are caught up in the war. They try to resist it in feasible ways: fostering humanity and securing the space of freed exchange. One may resume that the efforts are in vain. Or indict for naivety and weakness. Or honour the human right to stand for their world, even if it is confusing.<\/p>\n

In Ukraine, the war has been lasting for almost eight years, slaughtering thousands. The reality of the dozens is intrinsic to the war \u2014 they live and die within it. You do not have to be a soldier to partake in military operations and to be worthy of commemoration.<\/p>\n

For years and years, Ukrainian artist Alevtina Kakhidze narrated her mother\u2019s life through art projects, namely in the famous series of drawings about Klubnika Andriivna. The mother stayed in the area of the so-called Donetsk People\u2019s Republic, and Alevtina had to defend the dignity of the people who, for various reasons, did not flee. And to rebut numerous accusations \u2014 \u201cWhy do not you take your mother with you?\u201d \u201cMy mother is not a sideboard,\u201d answers the artist. \u201cShe has the right to her own decision. It does not matter if it pains me to get through it.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n

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