Lviv, Ukraine. Painting. It was a very difficult year at all levels. Ivan Vynarchyk In moments of despair and pain, little Nadiya, Nadiya and Vira, who helps me to overcome many pregnant women and believe in a miracle, growls. In times of crisis, a person very well communicates that the most important thing is the… Continue reading Ivan Vynarchyk
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.
Flora Gatsenko
Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi / Kyiv, Ukraine. Photographer. Pandemic influence helped me to immerse myself in my own world, find out the reasons that bothered me and bring them out in the form of photographic images. Flora Gatsenko #365daysafter art project
Katerina Pyatakova
Born 1977 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Drawing, painting. …the new opportunity was new knowledges about art via online education. Katerina Pyatakova My story was beginning from the feeling of new times and new possibilities. I did not feel scare but I felt I have a lot of time for art. I wanted to try new ways.… Continue reading Katerina Pyatakova
Kateryna Kobylianska
Kyiv, Ukraine. Painting. ..the covid time has improved introspection and playground with canvas. Kateryna Kobylianska Sure, pandemic influences external horizons, squeezing the opportunity of visibility and direct communication with spectators. Meanwhile, the covid time has improved introspection and playground with canvas. My story is about hours of working in an art studio, luckily situated at… Continue reading Kateryna Kobylianska
Barbara Bestak
Born 1991 in Zagreb, Croatia. Every day Im better then day before Barbara Bestak Actually, not in my case, I live in Reykjavik, and I’m working like I always do, only where I can see the problem is art show, but the work itself is the same. Me in my room. No school, hard work.… Continue reading Barbara Bestak
Ariana Herceg
Born 1997 in Zagreb, Croatia. Painting. In this pandemic living in the city took away things that were once so close yet all of a sudden they became so far. Ariana Herceg Due to not only the pandemic but to earthquakes in Zagreb our Academy has been badly damaged so I had to rent a… Continue reading Ariana Herceg
Marharyta Hrechkosii
Born in Odessa, Ukraine. Painting. Coronavirus spreads uncertainty and anxiety… Marharyta Hrechkosii Pandemic of Covid19 influenced the world in whole and everyone personally. I had faced many psychological and philosophical questions during this period. Quarantine did not change my art process as I already had been working from home before it started. My family and… Continue reading Marharyta Hrechkosii
Ihor Lianenko
Born 1983. Art and graphic design. Human tears look the same. Everyone is equal before COVID-19 Ihor Lianenko During the pandemic, several social projects were developed, including a series of works called “Memento Mori”. The purpose of which is to convey to the consumer the idea of the fragility, equality and defenselessness of human life,… Continue reading Ihor Lianenko
Olha Borysenko
Born 1988 in the south of Ukraine. Photography. COVID-19 has left its mark on everyone Olha Borysenko COVID-19 has left its mark on everyone! For me, this year is associated with diagnostics and treatment related to the desire to get pregnant, because life does not stop even during a pandemic. In the conditions of this… Continue reading Olha Borysenko
Julia Lazumirska
Kyiv, Ukraine. Photography. The only sources of inspiration for me were nature and small everyday joys… Julia Lazumirska Last spring, with the beginning of strict quarantine restrictions, I had the opportunity to go cycling, because I lived outside the city. Wherever I went through deserted streets and roads, I always came across a very popular… Continue reading Julia Lazumirska