AlanHo Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 This is very movingThis video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00 She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman's face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman's face appears. She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier. This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million. Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Nice find Alan, I enjoyed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Very clever. I have seen it before but definately worth another look.Just for a minute I thought you were calling me 'Fantastic'........ :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 I have also seen it before... maybe have been on WF?Amazing skill - certainly worth watching again. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 I have also seen it before... maybe have been on WF?Amazing skill - certainly worth watching again. :DYes, I can't remember who put it up, strange feeling it was artist or AlanHo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 There is a TV ad. that uses a similar technique. Can't remember what for, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted January 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 I posted it 2 years ago - but it was a quite different artist and not set to music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Nice find Alan, I enjoyed that. Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 I too have seen it on here before, but enjoyed seeing it again. THANKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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