The Bucha Blackboard is one of the few objects to have survived the Russian military occupation of Bucha—that now-infamous Ukrainian suburb of Kyiv, where Kremlin soldiers commandeered a school and massacred hundreds of civilians during their brief yet brutal rule. A young student who survived the invasion wrote his story on the board, which once hung in his former classroom.

The Russians were eventually forced out, leaving a trail of bodies across the streets and gardens of this devastated community. Many more lay in a mass grave. Torture and rape were routinely used.

Ivan (Іван) and his family, however, were never detected. The 12-year-old survived with eight other family members by hiding in a damp basement, approximately 1.5 by 3.5 meters in diameter. Their only reprieve was at night, when they would quietly slip upstairs to use the bathroom and feed their pets, one of which was a chinchilla, named Masha.

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In this photo-projection NFT series, we explored the ways cryptocurrency charts and data seduce the minds of investors twenty-four hours a day.

In this photo-projection NFT series, we explored the ways cryptocurrency charts and data seduce the minds of investors twenty-four hours a day.

“Am I the only one who still sees these charts when I shut my eyes?” Matt asks in a recent article about the effects endlessly trading altcoins and his growing interest in decentralized finance.

The name The Crypto Effect was derived from a decades-old Harvard University study, which found that people whom played the video game Tetris for prolonged periods during the day had a high likelihood of dreaming about falling blocks and shapes at night. Today, the psychological phenomenon is referred to as the Tetris Effect.

The new series was released publicly in August 2021 and can be spotted here. Matt was subsequently asked to write a feature about the turbulent origins of the series.

The photo project later appeared in press, ranging from AFP in France to La Razón in Spain.

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