An exhibition of Odesa video art and actionism exploring social roles, imitation, conflict and the possibility of dialogue.
Co-curated with Anna Morokhovska. Artists: Dmytro Ehrlich, Mykola Karabinovych, Andrii Liubov, PLOT, Oleksandr Roitburd, Aliona Tokovenko, Viktoriia Khoroshylova and Nadiia Shoshina.
In Dmytro Erlikh’s Lunch with the Artist, viewers are invited to repeat the actions of the “master”. Andrii Liubov’s performances address connections between people in everyday situations; PLOT brings questions of collective life into public action.
Works by Alona Tokovenko, Viktoriia Khoroshylova and Nadiya Shoshina address barriers, the pain of war and acceptance beyond social norms. Mykola Karabinovych’s video introduces questions of power and obedience.
The project brought together the Museum of Modern Art Odesa and the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, with technical support from the Centre for Development NGO.
How do we find a common language when the conditions for dialogue are disappearing? Curated by Anna Morokhovska and Andrii Siguntsov, the exhibition follows the ways in which society teaches us to imitate, belong and resist. It opens with Oleksandr Roitburd, an important figure in the formation of Odesa video art, and Dmytro Ehrlich’s Lunch with the Artist, where repetition of the “master” becomes an invitation to participate.
Performances by Andrii Liubov and PLOT approach collective life through everyday encounters and public actions. Works by Viktoriia Khoroshylova, Nadiia Shoshyna and Aliona Tokovenko address war, pain, the search for acceptance and the obstacles that limit movement through social space. A video by Mykola Karabinovych closes the exhibition with a warning about obedience to a teacher transformed into a tyrant.
The curatorial proposition is that dialogue changes both sides. Even when shared values seem difficult to identify, the task is to create a space in which disagreement can be articulated and another person can still be heard.