“12 eerie tales about love” is a series about love relationships, which are doomed to failure.
As a 37-year-old single woman living in a traditionally patriarchal Ukrainian society, I have grown accustomed to the constant stream of intrusive questions and comments—why I’m not married, whether I have children, and the real reason of my being single. The desire to see the “future husband” in every friendship relationship I have always results in discouragement for my parents. No matter how I try to explain that the fact of being single is my choice, and that I am genuinely happier this way, my words are never truly convincing.
In the series, I recreate the atmosphere of romantic relationships that are destined for failure. While experimenting with AI tools, I discovered that without specific guidance through prompts, the program tends to generate truly apocalyptic and eerie scenarios. I decided to use this feature to visually recreate the emotions and atmosphere of my relationships with men, using photographic images from my personal archive.
2025, ongoing
