"Sochi 1986" is an evolving work, which interweaves my personal memory of going to vacation to the shores of the Black Sea the year of the Chernobyl disaster with a fictionalized account of a child being relocated from the Ukranian town of Pripyat. Using cel animation in photoshop, the film conveys sensory impressions and embed them within a framing story of a child's separation from their pet. This iteration of the piece premiered at the "Unfettered Corps" show at Elija Wheat gallery in 2021.