Thanks to the Artists at Risk (AR) - UNESCO program for Ukrainian cultural institutions, art centers, municipalities and private artistic initiatives, the Nazarii Voytovych Art Residence joins the international network Artists at Risk (AR) to be able to host Ukrainian artists at risk, who remain in Ukraine, but need a quiet place to restore mental health and artistic practice!
"Internal Elements - 2nd cohort", Program of residences, for artists at risk took place with the support of artist at risk and UNESCO from October 15 to December 15.
In 2022, at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, everything happened spontaneously and quite stressfully. In 2023, we prepared and invited three artists from Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kherson to Travnev. The residence underwent an energy system upgrade so that the building could cope with any challenges in the realities of blackouts and Russian aggression.
Forced program, continues under missile attacks.
Our residents:
Vladyslav Ryaboshtan (Kyiv/Dnipro) is a visual art artist, his works use such materials as: oil, acrylic, enamel, silkscreen, aerosols, paper, graphite, photography, mixed media. Created a series of works "Metro as shelter, Point of view project"
Mykyta Filonenko (Kharkiv) - artist, indie developer. Works with survival and retro horror themes. Presented the new project "Sea under the sea under the sea"
Svitlana Volkova (Kherson) - fashion designer, digital artist, public activist, folklorist. worked on a project called "Liminal"
The result of the program was the "SIDE EFFECTS" Project
Authors: Vlad Ryaboshtan, Svitla Volkova, Nikita Filonenko.
Curator: Lucy Nychai
What is war for us? Do we speak her language directly or between the lines. When we talk about our life or the life of our cat, we now mean "during the war".
Side effects are an instinctive desire to protect oneself morally in conditions of constant physical threat. The phenomenon of collective experience prompts us to realize that we belong to a common history, despite globalization we separate ourselves through the search for identity, and emotional intelligence makes us skinless and we feel all the pain of humanity more strongly. The language of artistic expressions is speculative dynamics, the latest rituals and documentation of spontaneous traditions.
