City Life by Nadiia Forkosh

We don’t know what the city is. We are absorbed in city life. For many, the city is the world. It is impossible to embrace the world as a whole, but it is possible, through city events, to show the life of the city. The city brings us together. In the city we experience joy and happiness. In the city, time also flows in a special way. But the world of the city can be destroyed. You can destroy its walls. But it is impossible to burn the heart of the city.

Ukrainian artist Nadiia Forkosh is currently based in a small Ukrainian town immediately bordering Romania, where she’s lived since she escaped Kyiv in February 2022, at the start of the war in Ukraine. Normally someone who works across physical and digital mediums, Nadiia — having been forced out of her Kyiv studio — is lately working exclusively in digital.

For her first major drop with MakersPlace, her work is thick with yearning for home, though she’s aware that even if she goes back to the place, she won’t be returning home.

Click here to read the MakersPlace interview with Nadiia Forkosh

The Drop — August 25, 2022

(City series) Alive

The rectangles of windows in city houses are the same, but the life behind those windows is different for everyone. The city strives for order, city life strives for harmony. This is how urban life emerges, where millions, though separated from each other, complement each other.

Editions: 5/5
Pricing: $500

(City series) Colours of music

Music fills the space of the city. We are bound by the rhythm of city life. We pulsate to the music of the city. Each note has its own color, each melody its own pattern. The color of the music becomes the image of city life.

Editions: 5/5
Pricing: $500

(City series) Energy & Serenity

The smell of fresh coffee in a noisy cafe sets us up for an easy living of time. The tempo of time increases, hours seem like minutes. Urban time can be refined and easy.

Editions: 1/1
Pricing: TBD

(City series) War Time

Destroying cities, destroying worlds. In these worlds, childhood joys, great achievements, and quiet contemplation intersect. In the world of the city breathes hope and love blossoms, but the blind rockets falling and exploding turn the world of the city into ashes and ruins. The world of the city is filled with black snow. The heart of the city is red-hot with hellfire. City life becomes ghostly, and the city itself becomes a ghost town.

Editions: 1/1
Pricing: TBD