Yuri Yefanov

The title of the new 3D video by Yuri Yefanov, We Will Definitely Talk About This After The
Last Air Raid Alert Stops, refers to the impossibility for an artist to reflect on the current
turmoil due to the lack of distance crucial for processing the flow of tragic events. In an
attempt to find a relevant form of artistic expression, the artist presents his own vision of the
future utopian society.

In the world he imagines, nature has won and made humankind try to find balance in its co-
existence with non-human life forms. Yefanov speculates on how the power dynamics
between nature and humans is going to change, creating an example of a future artwork: a
sculpture of a garden gnome made of organic materials. As the video unfolds, the gnome,
being an object, changes its status from a public monument to a piece of land art, reflecting
the author’s attempt to find the frontier between nature and culture. Eventually, when both
concepts merge into one, the statue returns to the status of a public monument.

The video comprises three chapters; the second and the third parts of it will be added during
the exhibition period.

Music, sound design Dmytro Avksentiev.
Additional 3D Ihor Durniev.
Voice-over Natalia Matsenko.