Stefan Gec						stefangec.com
		Natural History 1995
					Natural History was premiered at Pilgrim Street Fire Station on the day of the ninth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Large scanachromes (photographic reproductions on vinyl) of six individual 4.5 X 3 metre portraits were erected on a scaffolding structure measuring a total length of 18 metres. The portraits were of the first six firefighters to have died containing the disaster at Chernobyl Nuclear power station. Soviet firefighters were allocated three minutes each by the authorities to physically clear radioactive debris from the powerstation. The protective clothing which they were issued with was insufficient to block out the effects of the radiation.			26.04 - 12.05.1995 Pilgrim Street Fire Station, Newcastle upon Tyne 04.10 - 17.11.1996 SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada 26.04 - 30.08.1998 Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
		Buoy 1996
					The Buoy project is the final part of a series that began in 1990, and stems from Gec's father's experience as a Ukrainian refugee. He arrived in Britain in 1946 following the Second World War (due to Stalinist reprisals), and at the beginning of the Cold War return to his home and family became impossible. The personal history and stories that surround this experience fuelled Buoy and its proceeding projects Trace Elements and Detached Bell Tower, forming a trilogy.			14.06.1996 - ongoing
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