International art project #365daysafter

Conception:

Art project #365daysafter is created as the art of interaction that is designed to explore the art of the 2020 crisis with a special interest in four countries – Ukraine, Croatia, Portugal and China, drawing a parallel between the influence of external factors on art and the artists themselves.

How they worked during the epidemic and lockdown, how their art changed, what fuelled their work, what inspired them. We seek to explore both the positive and negative influences of Covid-19 on the art of four local contexts. All participants should be ready to interact and share their experiences with others. In addition to the exhibition, video presentations, meetings and discussions are planned.

The project will be implemented in a mixed format:

online exhibition and curated events in a virtual gallery created by “KAMSOMOL” creative agency;
offline exhibition in Kyiv (Art organization “Mokonshu”) and China (independent Institute of Contemporary Arts “Snarte Space”);
presentation of the project research results in Zagreb (Art gallery “Garage Kamba”) and Porto (Artist residency “De Liceiras 18”).

The exhibition asks artists to submit works created during 2020-2021, and to accompany their work with a Story, which in a direct way documents, analyses or comments on their experience of the pandemic year. Your creative story can take the form of a text, sound, video or even VR.

This is an opportunity offered by art organization “MOKONSHU” (Kyiv) conjointly with art gallery “Garage Kamba” (Zagreb), international artist residency “De Liceiras 18” (Porto Portugal) and independent Institute of Contemporary Arts “Snarte Space” (Nanchang, China).

You can submit your work for a curated virtual show beginning on the 25s of May and with open acess for visitors from all around the World. There is no submission fee, and it is open to any media. The open call runs from the 9th and ends on the 30th of April. We will be getting back to applicants by the 15th of May.

It is open to all artists, writers, and photographers, of all ages and nationalities, residing or/and born in Ukraine, Croatia, Portugal and China. The exhibition is totally inclusive, and we encourage anyone to submit creative work; regardless of profession, age, ability, gender, race, or anything else.

International exhibition will be powered by social research that will unite four countries in conjoint investigation of pandemic influence on the art scene of Europe and Asia.

Through this call, we invite you to contribute to a collective research of 365 days of isolation, by sharing your art and stories.

The project is initiated by:

Art organization “MOKONSHU” (Kyiv, Ukraine) – association of artists, art space and a gallery. Mokonshu’s activities are aimed at discovering the potential of young artists in the process of entering the art market, participating in group exhibitions and projects.

Together with partners:

Art gallery “Garage Kamba” (Zagreb, Croatia) – exhibition space in the center of Zagreb in the courtyard of Ilica 37. It was founded in 2017 and since then Kamba functions as a pop-up gallery based on new media, interdisciplinary and ambient artistic practices.

Creative agency “KAMSOMOL” (Kyiv, Ukraine) – group of media art creators. Digital instruments and activity: organization of art events (exhibitions and projects), creation of virtual galleries, branding, marketing strategy, web-production, video-production, 3D modeling, augmented reality, digital event, virtual reality.

International artists residency “DE LICEIRAS 18” – experimental, independent, artist-run space located in an old residential house in the historical center of Porto, Portugal. Every month we host a group of international artists forming an ever-changing, dynamic temporary art community. It is run by the non-profit cultural association Eklipsefémero – Núcleo Artístico Independente.

Independent Institute of Contemporary Arts “Snarte Space” (Nanchang, China). Founded by artist Wang Xu in 2016, Snarte Space is an independent Institute of Contemporary Arts in Nanchang. Quickly gain visibility and reputation by discovering a new scene in the city.

Media partners:

Online media about contemporary art and culture “Artslooker”
Events Kyiv MoeMisto.ua
Online portal «Art News»
Art initiative of temporary unification of values “MITEC”
Digest of modern art space Art Bureau
Information portal News of Ukraine Tut.ua.
All-Ukrainian online magazine Fashionable online magazine – VTrendi.com.ua
Ukrainian-Austrian News Agency The News&Culture
Information and analytical portal In-Art
Magazine “Fine Arts”
UAFRA -Ukrainian Association for Feminine Research in Arts
National Union of Artists of Ukraine
Kyiv organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
Youth association of Kyiv organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine
Art gallery “Mytets”
Art consulting “We Buy & Sell Art Worldwide”
Art agency “TUASHO”
Dasha Bilenko artblog
Agricultural firm “Unava”
Ukrainian insurance group