Tomorrow we are opening the offline part of the project "Secondary Archive. Women Artists at War", namely the exhibition at Galeria Labirynt (Lublin, Poland). It will feature works by Ukrainian artists who joined our digital archive in March, as well as artists from Poland. It starts at 7:00 PM (Warsaw time).
And the next day, May 19, Alya Segal and Waldemar Tatarczuk will lead a tour of the exhibition. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about the behind-the-scenes of the project and the context of the exhibition from the curatorial duo. After that, you can watch a performance by project participant Olia Marusyn.
“In the second year of the war, I realized: the only thing that interests me, that makes sense to work on, that is worth paying attention to and that I can focus on (and I should be heard right away and not interrupted) is the search for eternal life.
we gather around the abyss and try to look in
it reflects, escapes our gaze
to look into the abyss of loss of direction – impossible
there are known ways to deal with this
for example, you can develop small dances, gentle movements that allow you to stroke, touch, circle around
it is not enough to do this, let's say, “exercise around the void” once, it will not fill and destroy the abyss
you will have to repeat the circle and repeat it again
it is a ritual to shorten, entertain the distance and open your body to such closeness, without risking anything at all”
WHEN: May 19, 4:00 PM (Warsaw time)
WHERE: Labyrinth Gallery, ul. Ks. J. Popiełuszki 5, Lublin
FREE ENTRY
Accessibility: The event takes place on the first floor. Noise-canceling headphones and a trolley can be borrowed free of charge from the bookstore. There are 6 portable induction loops in the gallery. The event will be translated into Ukrainian (Volodymyr Dyshlewuk).
ATTENTION: the naked body will be part of the performance.
Photo: Monika Rejman, Gabriela Gawęda
Olga Marusyn is a Ukrainian artist from Ivano-Frankivsk region. Her interdisciplinary practice combines choreography, performance, theater, video, and text work. The artist’s main medium is her own body, which is often continued in the environment.
The artist views choreography as an exploration of the world through syntax and language. The artist’s practice, related to the body, is dedicated to working with impossibility and emptiness.
The project "Secondary Archive. Women Artists at War" was created by the Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation in collaboration with Galeria Labirynt and Artsvit Gallery and is implemented with the financial support of the House of Europe program.
Olya Marusyn's performance + curatorial tour after the exhibition "Secondary Archive"
