V–A–C Sreda online magazine continues its three-month programme dedicated to memory and its relationship to history, archives, and nostalgia. In this issue, we present a work by Alexandra Nesterkina.

The Sentinel is one of the sculptures from Nesterkina’s Odyssey to the South project, which explores the process of the world’s decay and the structure of ruins. The series of objects made of wood and concrete creates a space of vanished civilization, imbued with anxiety, nostalgia, and mystical force. Despite their brutal forms, the objects convey a sense of fragility and serve as a symbol of nascent life—that which emerges in the place of loss, transforming ruins into a testament to the continuation of time.