Nadezhda Likhogrud + Michael Khvalebnov
Gum. Archstoyanie Kids. 2023
You sense a sweetish smell, reminiscent of your childhood, but it's not the smell of jam. Taking twenty steps towards it, you feel a soft surface beneath your feet, yet the rustling of grass and leaves disappears, and you walk quietly, barely making a sound with your soles.
You feel like standing on a flat plane that slightly gives way under your steps. Suddenly, your hand touches an object right there. It's smooth and resilient, but as you open your eyes, you see that it's not resting on the surface. It grows from it, and the air is filled with a pink radiance.
Around you is a forest, and beneath you, an island made of bubblegum.