THE SACRIFICE ZONE (2023), This Awarded multimedia project explores a remote area of Kazakhstan that was once home of the Soviet Union’s major nuclear testing facilities. It became known as the Semipalatinsk Test Site or under the more illustrious name The Polygon. More than 450 nuclear tests took place here from 1949 until 1989 with little regard for their effect on the local people and environment. The full impact of radiation exposure was hidden for many years by Soviet authorities and only became clear since the test site was closed in the early 90s. The significance of this dark chapter in history has become unexpectedly relevant due to the recent tensions in the region.