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World of Secrets.
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We're walking down a street with red brick houses and fire escapes.
Feels quintessential New York.
Yeah, we are walking toward Hudson River.
The studio is facing to the Hudson River and it's very windy at winter and it really makes me feeling that I'm living in the ocean side.
This corridor reminds me of Kyiv Studios.
It reminds you of your studio in Kyiv?
Yes, because it's all the wooden stairs and building from 19 or early 20th century.
Welcome to the documentary in the studio from the BBC World Service.
I'm Lucy Ash.
It's April 2025.
And I'm in the West Village of New York's Manhattan with the Ukrainian artist Lesya Khomenko.