Architecture. Kyiv Crematorium. Київський крематорій.

Architectural discoveries, the more you read about people behind the human-made beauties, the more you want to go for some short-term expeditions, even in the cities, you think you know. Look, you have missed that one building or you have passed by it so many times, never stopping to admire its beauty.
Sunday idea was on, going to see the legendary building.

Built in 1975 and not properly taken care of, it looks for its age+. 

Architects: Avraam Miletskyi, Ada Rybachuk, Volodymyr Melnychenko.

Although seen as one of the iconic buildings of modernism, its wiki page is rather short. Mentioning a few controversies around the build and its life after the opening, it leaves more questions than answers. 

As buildings of that era are not yet appreciated by the vast majority, and as more iconic buildings disappear than appear these days, it's important to keep track of those still existing, finding time to visit or pause for a few minutes instead of just passing by. 

People you meet. David Vong

I often buy postcards from the artists of the art markets, as I do not even potentially see where would I put a painting if I would possess one someday. With all the everlasting wandering around, you have a chance to interact with/meet plenty of very talented people.
That was some grayish day in Paris, and I and a friend were joining some other friends for a brunch. The brunch has almost faded from my memory by now, but I do remember the walk after, as it was the first time I got to that mysterious 'second floor' view of Paris, crowded with plants, and that day - art. One of the artworks which draw my attention was a painting of a tree, a big green tree in the shape of a giant balloon. I was excited to ask about the work of the painter, and that's when I met David's brother. I got to know that David had a project to sketch one tree per day.


A year or so later, I have managed to meet David on one of the expos he was participating, unfortunately, the expo had only a couple of his paintings. I know there was an expo much later exposing all 365 trees, but I was not around Paris to check it out.

Some of those 365 sketches and other artwork of David Vong, you can find here:
https://www.instagram.com/vongdavid/
and here:
https://arbredujour.tumblr.com/

I was amazed by the variety of the forms David would come up with. Then one evening, I was walking by Jardin de Luxembourg, dark streets and the light would make trees appear differently from what I used to see,  and I thought, many of those however different they look still can be drawn from nature.