Sand Animation of WWII from Ukraine

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Don't know if this has already been posted, but it's mesmerizing...

http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/09/30/ukraines-got-talent-kseniya-simonova-brings-nation-to-tears/

Ukraine’s Got Talent! Kseniya Simonova brings nation to tears
Sand artist Kseniya Simonova rendered a sand tableaux of her nation's painful history during World War II and beyond – set to music.

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Sand animation is a live performance art in which an artist creates a motion picture of sorts by deftly shifting sand around on a lightboard or overhead projector. (Who knew?) In this case, Ms. Simonova rendered a tableaux of her nation’s painful history during World War II and beyond - set to music.

The result is a stirring masterpiece that touched something deep for Ukrainians, who wept uncontrollably in the audience as the show went on. For most of the rest of us, it’s just a brilliant display of a hitherto unknown art form.

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As for Simonova, she’s reportedly used her nearly $130,000 prize to buy a modest house and set up a children’s charity.

“I only entered because there was a child I know who needed an operation and I wanted to help,” she said, reported the Guardian. “I did not mean to make the whole nation cry.”