The Ground of Things

The publication was created as part of the exhibition project "The Ground of Things" and marks the third installment of the collaboration between a poet and a graphic artist. At its core are poems by Alexander Najda and graphics by Vasyl Savchenko. Their collaboration began in 2020 when the poet shared his works with the multidisciplinary visual artist, who, inspired by them, created a parallel series of charcoal works, some of which were later transferred to silkscreen.

Over time, the process reversed, with poems emerging in response to the graphics, forming a fully organic chain of creative exchange between the two artists. The collected material resulted not only in this publication but also in an exhibition at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago.