THE AXE WILL SURVIVE THE MASTER
The Axe Will Survive the Master offers contemplative evidence of the destruction wrought by colonial logic. In the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Connors traversed the country, following closely in the footsteps of retreating Russian forces. He encountered a terrain - and lives within it - that had been ruptured by acts of systematic violence. Navigating an atmosphere of fear and resilience, he registered the nuances of wartime experience, and cataloged sites impacted by the invasion. The resulting survey of cracked infrastructure, destroyed homes, and surviving residents posits this damaged landscape as a battleground of political ideologies, and raises questions about the role photography plays in a conflict that is not only a war of territorial expansion and genocide, but a war on reality itself.
THE AXE WILL SURVIVE THE MASTER
The Axe Will Survive the Master offers contemplative evidence of the destruction wrought by colonial logic. In the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Connors traversed the country, following closely in the footsteps of retreating Russian forces. He encountered a terrain - and lives within it - that had been ruptured by acts of systematic violence. Navigating an atmosphere of fear and resilience, he registered the nuances of wartime experience, and cataloged sites impacted by the invasion. The resulting survey of cracked infrastructure, destroyed homes, and surviving residents posits this damaged landscape as a battleground of political ideologies, and raises questions about the role photography plays in a conflict that is not only a war of territorial expansion and genocide, but a war on reality itself.
