Waves of Reality/Excitation in Travneve

Presentation of the results of the summer

programs of Nazar Voitovich Art Residence in the Modern Art Research Institute

Authors: Angela Heisenhofer (Munich), Anya Kisla (Kherson), Bogdan Svyrydov (Cherkasy), Vartan Markarian (Poltava), Daniel Door (Munich), Yevgenia Antonova (Kyiv), Zirka Savka (Lviv), Kateryna Yegorova (Odesa), Kateryna Kobylyanska (Kyiv), Olena Kayinska (Lviv), Renata Pinterova (Sturovo), Roksolana Uhryniuk (Lviv), Sanuel Velebny (Kosice), Yaroslav Leonets (Kharkiv)

Curator of the programs: Liudmyla Nychai

Coordinator of the exhibition: Vlad Tuzov

The projects in the exhibition were created during the 3rd All-Ukrainian and two International exchange programs of art residencies for young artists - NVAIR, which took place throughout June-August in Nazar Voitovich Art Residency (public organization Congress of Cultural Activists) in Ternopil region, supported by philanthropists and Ukrainian Culture Foundation, and in collaboration with KAIR (Kosice Artist in residence Program) and Schafhof (Center for Art of Upper Bavaria)

In the center of the group exhibition, the local context of Travneve village is being expanded to the global problems of society, which, at first sight, lives their quiet secluded life.

Stories that exist parallelly, parallel dimensions and values - as the degrees of life, time, space, freedom, and responsibility. They are too visible in the middle of the field to be passed over...

“Waves of Reality or Excitation in Travneve” represent the reflection of one place – spot on the map, which hides the stories of forced migrants, the tragic history of the Revolution of Dignity, modern realia of the border territories and visa-free regime, migrant workers and memory loss.

By analyzing the nature of the created projects, we can note the parallel lines, vibrating between the perceptions of the time and memory, time and choice, time and landscape. When vibrating, they cross and reveal various themes, which can be seen only by an experienced eye. The time here passes like a landscape: now slowly and smoothly, now mounts like waves, revealing simultaneously the past, future, and the moment "here and now."

Within small communities, the mystics, magic, and dogmatism are bordering with the stark reality and carelessness. At this place, everything is as it should be, but when you are here a temporary resident, you are starting to have many logical questions to the ecosystem.

The project is about the own excitations, the complex local stories, and summer reflections of the 14 artists from Ukraine, Slovakia, and Germany. They successively developed into the projects “Narrative About Freedom”, “Degree of Silence”, and “Expansion Landscape.” They as if represent a deep dive into the collective unconscious and reveal the global challenges of humanity through the local context

About the project:

The project “NVAIR - an International program of art exchange residency programs for young artists” of the public organization Congress of Cultural Activists, supported by the program NORD by Ukrainian Culture Foundation, is aimed at the development of the network of international partnership of institutions for development of opportunities for young Ukrainian artists, so they can gain experience of work in the international projects and formation of the positive image of Ukrainian art and Ukraine in a whole abroad. The purposes of the program are improving the competitiveness of Ukrainian art in the global art market, the creation of successful exhibition projects, elaboration of art practices for the development of locations and audiences for cultural tourism in Ukraine, development of the platforms for intercultural dialogues.

Nazar Voitovich Art Residency was established in 2017 by the public organization “Congress of Culture Activists” and public organization “Family of “Heavenly Hundred Heroes” on the honor of the youngest Hero, to support young Ukrainian artists in the frameworks of All-Ukrainian program “Honors for Heroes.”In 2019 the organizations launched the exchange programs for the young artists due to the support of the Ukrainian Culture Foundation and the program NORD (Education, Exchange, Residencies, Debuts).