don’t Take Fake · 2019
14–15 September 2019, M82 in Podil, Kyiv. The work was part of the Sprite art zone, where artists painted the surfaces of large outdoor cubes.
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Pants for 40 Hryvnias
The work began with the video meme “Pants for 40 Hryvnias”. It made me laugh, and I drew my own pair of trousers — a character with a face and oversized feet.
For the don’t Take Fake festival in Kyiv, the character became a large-scale mural on the outside of a cube: a red smiling face, spotted trousers and oversized feet.
At the festival, the image also appeared as a screen print on T-shirts. In its printed version, the character became monochrome, moving from the festival space onto something people could wear.
Full view of the mural “Pants for 40 Hryvnias”. don’t Take Fake, 15 September 2019. · Artist’s archive
A printed T-shirt in front of the large-scale mural. don’t Take Fake, 2019. · Artist’s archive
Curator Maria Vtorushyna helps create the mural. 13 September 2019. · Artist’s archive
The large-scale mural “Pants for 40 Hryvnias” at don’t Take Fake. · Artist’s archive
The work on the outer surface of a festival cube. · Screenshot of a post by @latina.blanca · Artist’s archive
Festival visitors beside the work. · Screenshot of a post by @aliseysha · Artist’s archive
The character on transparent film for screen printing. · Artist’s archive
The printing screen with the character. 15 September 2019. · Artist’s archive
Screen printing the character on a T-shirt at the festival workshop. 15 September 2019. · Artist’s archive
A visitor with a “Pants for 40 Hryvnias” T-shirt. 15 September 2019. · Artist’s archive
Curator Ksenia Ulianova wearing a “Pants for 40 Hryvnias” T-shirt. · Artist’s archive
From festival mural to printed T-shirt
Screen-printed T-shirts
The photographs show the film positive, the printing screen, the screen-printing process and festival visitors with their finished T-shirts. In the single-colour blue print, the character retained its silhouette, face and oversized feet.
DTF Magazine — the Sprite art zone, participating artists and T-shirt printing