Scattered Communities: program news
In October, Insha Osvita, together with the Asortymentna Kimnata started working on the program Scattered Communities, which was created by Ukrainian artists in Ukraine and abroad. The aim of the program is to rethink (or reinterpret) the multiple experiences of war and the issue of connections in the Ukrainian artistic community through dialogue in the field of artistic practice.
The program started with a series of online meetings aimed at finding a partner for the work and creating a space for discussion. Among other things, they talked about (un)canceling, the hierarchy of trauma and the psychological dimension of tensions and language scholasticism, love for the (non-)neighbour, and accessible practices of solidarity.
In November, they selected artistic tandems and tridems whose works or works in progress will be implemented with the support of Scattered Communities:
- Self-Portrait (Anna Zvyagintseva, Mark Chegodaev) is a study of security spaces through the images of everyday objects, and the processes of their destruction and restoration.
- Emigrant Folklore (Mykola Lebed, Yurii Holik) is a participatory project that explores contemporary migrant folklore through documenting experiences and practices of improvisation.
- Mounds, Graves and Us (Ksenia Pohrebennik, Anna Ivchenko, Yevhenia Miliukova) is about spaces of memory and the practice of (not) returning to the places of childhood memories.
- The Mirror Reflects with a Delay (Nikita Kadan, Alina Kleitman) is a dialogue between two artworks that, through the study of museum exhibitions, comprehend patterns of imperialist behavior that are compulsively reproduced despite the loss of connection with reality.
- Situational Flowerbeds (Dasha Chechushkova, Anya Nikitiuk, Ksenia Shcherbakova) is a series of actions to plant flowerbeds in different cities/countries, as an act of commemoration and coexistence in the experience of loss.
- Penelope’s Dreams (Teta Tsybulnyk, Polina Choni) is a study of dreams through the exchange of images of the unconscious between two artists living on different continents.
- Ukrainian Society in the State of Fortification (Dmytro Zaiets, Maria Vasylenko) – an art book and a collection of essays about the state of fortification in Ukrainian society in 2023-2024.
The project also funded 4 working trips within Ukraine and abroad. During the trips, the artists will explore the context in which their project partners live, work on joint projects, and share their experiences.
Two paired artist talks are planned for December:
- On 13 December, Mykola Ridnyi together with Andriy Boyarov will talk about their works before and after the full-scale invasion (mostly about the latter). Yaroslav Futimsky will moderate the event.
- On 19 December, Oleksiy Podat and Mykola Lebed will talk about working with sound: the practice of ‘field recordings’ in music and the experience of listening/feeling/interacting with sound in space. Curated by Serhiy Klymko.
We will tell you more about the artist talks and their format in the announcement that will be published closer to the events.
The “Scattered Communities” program is implemented by Asortymentna Kimnata and Insha Osvita with the support of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and Goethe-Institut Ukraine. Warm thanks to the Kyiv Biennale/Visual Culture Research Center, the Ukrainian Institute in Germany, Office Ukraine in Austria, and the teams of Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, zusa, commit and MitOst e.V. for their support in developing the program, information and friendly assistance.
