Anna Sellen often works autobiographically, combining her personal history with research to encompass wider political and cultural debates. In her series Drip by drip, we are fed with concrete, she revisits her family’s experiences of the Soviet Union between 1952 and 1986. Using photography, poetry, oral history, archives, diaries and the physical space of the bunker, Sellen considers the impact of political decisions, state-driven silencing and misinformation on people’s lives and identities from one generation to the next. This work evolved from her earlier project, Bunker Diaries, which won the Shutter Hub Portfolio Award at FORMAT 2021. Sellen was prompted to expand Bunker Diaries when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Drip by drip, we are fed with concrete is also available as an immersive virtual reality exhibition.