I am originally Swedish but have lived in various other countries and continents since childhood and finally settled in Portugal where I am now painting and farming. My main challenge was to carve out some time alone to work, and the result was that many works from this time included the family in some form.… Continue reading Clara Maciulis
Category: Artist`s Stories
The creative industry has been hit hardest by the pandemic and artists have been the least protected from the 2020-2021 crisis. To overcome the pandemic consequences, there is a need to create a database of information material, the source of which would be the international experience of direct participants in the cultural sphere.
As a result, Kyiv NGO “Art research platform MOKONSHU” initiated the creation of a Library of artists stories and voices of artists from different countries and local contexts.
The pandemic experience research is part of the international art project “#365daysafter”, which brings together Ukraine, Croatia, Portugal and China in a joint study of the art of the 2020-2021 pandemic period, which has already involved more than 200 artists born and/or living in one of these countries. An important part of the art project are stories of creative experience of the COVID period from each participant, describing, characterizing and documenting the last year, through which we can remove the walls of social isolation built by the pandemic.
Elena Khomiakova (UKR)
Digital collage 365 days have passed, masks and lockdowns have become commonplace… Elena Khomiakova Our life have changed rapidly over the past year. People are faced with a threat cannot be understood with their current experience and knowledge. Nature’s challenge has shown us how vulnerable modern humanity and civilization are to uncharted biological life.… Continue reading Elena Khomiakova (UKR)
Francisca Patrocínio and Leonor Talefe
Porto, Portugal. Multidisciplinary. During the lockdown period we where living physically apart. Francisca in Porto, Leonor in Leiria. Virtually connected. Connected by thought. Francisca and Leonor Highly connected with pedagogy and practical methodologies in a multi and interdisciplinary way, we explore the mediums: video, sound, text (written and spoken word), performance and sculpture (matter,… Continue reading Francisca Patrocínio and Leonor Talefe
Karlo Ris
Born 1996 in Zagreb, Croatia. Sculpture. Once we were forced into lockdown, many people became faced with emotions which they haven’t addressed in years or decades, a lot of them pertaining to the subject of our identity. This in turn caused the “shells” we wore to fall off and reveal peoples true character. Karlo… Continue reading Karlo Ris
Viktoriia Cherniakhivska (UKR)
Ukrainian poet, artist, and book illustrator. Lockdown gave a feeling of isolation in the room, so I had to take a closer look at what I have at home. Viktoriia Cherniakhivska Home isolation became a stop, a break to think about where I want to move and what I want to create. I spent… Continue reading Viktoriia Cherniakhivska (UKR)
Harmke Datema-Chang
Born in 1980 (Netherlands), as a result of a Dutch photographer and a Chinese mother. Painting, sculpture, installation. COVID time was for me and many artists not an easy time but the community of global artists show their great capacity and creativity in working together as artists friends to deal with this situation. Harmke… Continue reading Harmke Datema-Chang
Dmitriy Zazimko
Born 1984 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Painting. I began to use AR technologies… Dmitriy Zazimko During COVID-19 I discovered new and long-delayed directions, namely I combined my paintings with riddles, some artifacts became interactive and I began to use AR technologies that interact with the ARTIVIVE application. For example, the panel «Enigma» belongs to the… Continue reading Dmitriy Zazimko
Tetiana Ocheredko
Kyiv, Ukraine. Graphic art. I spent the whole year of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 in a foreign country in a way I could not return. Tetiana Ocheredko I spent the whole year of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 in a foreign country in a way I could not return. In my works,… Continue reading Tetiana Ocheredko
Anna Ogulewicz
Born 1996 in Poland. Resident in Porto, Portugal. Ceramist and performance artist. The experience of total self-isolation, with almost no contact with the society, resulted in excellent work and motivation to work as well as work on own limitations. Anna Ogulewicz As a result of the exacerbations related to the Pandemic, educational and artistic… Continue reading Anna Ogulewicz
Andrija Večenaj
Born 1986 is in Varaždin, Croatia. Sculpture, installation. I found myself surrounded by a scarcity of materials, so I set out to express myself in the materials I had available… Andrija Večenaj The situations I went through were probably similar to those of other teachers in student education: inability to have direct contact and… Continue reading Andrija Večenaj