Two Worlds, One Sky 2024 — Veronika Yakobchuk

Veronika Yakobchuk (she/her) is an interdisciplinary graphic designer and researcher, born in Ukraine and currently practising in London, United Kingdom.

With over seven years of experience, I work at the intersection of branding, publishing, exhibition design, and digital media. My practice explores how emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence, reshape intimacy, presence, and perception. Through multimedia formats and speculative design, I examine themes of emotional datafication, time, isolation, and constant surveillance. Interdisciplinary methods and psychoanalytic thought are central to my practice, serving as tools for reflecting on what it means to be seen, heard, or replaced by technology.

I draw inspiration from cinema, photography, modern art, philosophy, and other disciplines. For me, design is about balancing aesthetics with meaning, creating work that not only evokes emotion but also addresses real needs.

Two Worlds, One Sky (2024)

Two Worlds, One Sky reflects on how human relationships shift under the influence of technology, conflict, and time. The narrative follows a conversation between a daughter and an AI-generated voice clone of her father, who is serving in the war. Initially warm and nostalgic, the interaction becomes increasingly mechanical and detached, highlighting technology's inability to fully capture human emotion.
The film begins with an intimate close-up, gradually pulling back to reveal a lone satellite in space—a symbol of technology's growing role in our lives. This visual journey mirrors the emotional distance between the daughter and her father, showing how something once intimate can feel impossibly remote.