Closeness is an APL (Angewandte
Performance Laboratory) associated project and collaborates with Notgalerie
#Ukraine − Migration and
Art
The western border of Ukraine can be reached from Vienna by car within only 6 hours.Closeness is a community space which gives insights into works of Ukrainian artists and students who have been
facing unprecedented artistic, personal and geopolitical challenges since 2014 due to the ongoing russian aggression and occupation
and, since February 2022, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. By bringing together and communicating different experiences,
we are trying to reduce the constructed distance to the ongoing catastrophe which is happening much closer than it is regularly
perceived.
Initiators & Organizers: Daria Lytvynenko & Jasmin
Schaitl
The exhibition includes a discussion with Ukrainian and international artists, as well as a live performance
that will take place over two days.
Participating Artists:
Anetta,
Vira Hanzha, Andriy Helytovych, Mariia Lisovska, Matilda Marina,
Daria Lytvynenko, miki-mike665, Natalia Matsenko,
Anzhelika Palyvoda,
Clemens Poole, Daria Pugachova, Alina Pust, Anne Schartmann,
Tanya Shtykalo, Maria
Shurkhal, Maria Soloviova, Beauty Studio,
Victor Vasyliev, Nastja Verzun, Orest Yaremchuk, Yuri Yefanov.
Fri
23.06 Opening 18:00
Sat 24.06 14:00—18:00
Sun 25.06 Closed
Mon
26.06 Closed
Tue 27.06 11:00 – 21:00
Wed 28.06 11:00 – 21:00
Thu
29.06 11:00 – 21:00
Fri 30.06 11:00 – 21:00
PERFORMANCE
NO
DISTANCE
ALLOWED
Due to the full-scale russian invasion
of Ukraine more than 12 million people were forced to leave their homes.
In search of
a connection with our new reality, we invite the audience to a staged process that constantly deconstructs the temporary home
through private stories of fleeing. We are driven by a collective sense of urgency, in which we hope to develop new methods
of creative work and strategies for different ways of support in the time of war.
Performance is part of the exhibition
Closeness.
Dates: 28.06 and 29.06, 13:00-16:00
Idea
/ Concept: Daria Lytvynenko in collaboration with Jasmin Schaitl
Performance: Alina Pust, Maria
Shurkhal and Daria Lytvynenko
Costume design: Anne Schartmann
Sound:
Clemens Poole
PANNEL DISCUSSION
Date
and Time: Wed 28.06 at 19:00
Participants: Clemens Poole, Andriy Helytovych,
Natalia
Matsenko, Yuri Yefanov, Matilda Marina,
Daria Pugachova, Daria Lytvynenko, Jasmin Schaitl
Closeness
serves as a fundraiser for the COHATY project, a Ukraine-based community that renovates unused buildings and turns them into
new homes for internally displaced people.
