The current installation is based on artifacts of war collected from the de-occupied territories of Ukraine: shot street signs, solar panels, satellite dishes, destroyed city names and broken fences. The installation should demonstrate to the world the consequences of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
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Article editor: Mark Beygelzimer, PhD, systems analyst, head of the Trust but Verify project.
The post is based on articles on The Village and Zuckr.
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The installation “I'm Fine” was created by artist Alexei Say, designer Dmitry Rostovtsev (author of the font), producer Maria Moroz, and curator Vitaly Deinega. A team of 25 people participated in the installation and presentation of the installation at the festival.
The idea for the installation is based on the famous “This is fine” meme with the doggie in the burning house.
That meme. It came from a webcomic called Gunshow, created by American artist KC Green and first published in 2013.
And this is the installation itself in the Black Rock Desert (photo: Oleksiy Repik, source: Zuckr.): 
According to the authors of the Ukrainian installation, it is about what I'm Fine means for Ukraine today, about how Ukrainians are able to find optimism and strength in conditions when every day missiles, bombs and drones are flying at them.
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