I was in Kiev in 2015 and did a wall about Serhiy Nigoyan (1993-2014) the first Euromaidan activist to have been killed during the dignity revolution on Hrushevskoho Street on 22 January 2014. Since then more than 14,000 people died and now everything escalated in the last few days.
I was worried about the people who invited me to come over and do the wall, but I finally managed to speak to one of the organizers, he is safe for now in Kiev. Offered help to him and to anyone I could, but he told me, don’t worry I don’t want to get out, I’m here to stay. Asked him a second time and he told me the best you can do is tell the story about our project. And that’s what I’m doing.
Portrait in Kiev, Ukraine, depicting Serhiy Nigoyan (1993-2014), the first Euromaidan activist to have been killed during the dignity revolution on Hrushevskoho Street on 22 January 2014. A second-generation Armenian-Ukrainian, Serhiy represents the multicultural dimension of the protests, clearly contradicting the version disseminated in the mainstream media that protestors were fascists. The protests were supported by a majority of the population demanding an end to the corrupt political elite ruling the country. The piece is located at Heavenly Hundred Garden, a community project developed by volunteers in a former derelict site in central Kiev with no official support. This is the only way I could contribute, by paying my respects to those who lost their lives in the name of freedom to choose their own future. The eyes of Serhiy are the eyes of all the Heavenly Hundred.
A very special thank you to Oleg, Zhenya, Oksana, Dima, and the Embassy of Portugal in Ukraine. Thanks also to my team, Alcatrão, Paulo, and André. #kiev #vhils #maidan #generationclash #support #protests #dignity Thank You! Posted in July 2015
It’s crazy to see someone with the same age as me, with so much potential, who organized so many projects to push Kiev, that helped so many people, artists, … is now ready to pick up arms and is in a bunker getting ready for an invasion.
Stay safe brother! 📸 @andresantos @candpinto @vhils and what I found on google images. #standingforukraine #peace #vhils #serhiynigoyan
Publicado por Vhils na sua página de facebook. Quem desejar conhecer a história de Serhiy Nigoyan (1993-2014) sobre quem Vhils fez esta obra de arte é só visionar o documentário da Netflix que publiquei AQUI no Aventar.
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