Pipe organ made from Russian shells sounds note of resistance in Lviv

The World

The Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova collected missile shells from the Kyiv region and merged them with the pipes of an organ, literally transforming remnants of war into sound and meaning. The organ is on display in the central hall of the Lviv train station. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

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