Author- Iryna Vorona (Baltaziuk) “Cultural life of the capital of Ukraine goes online”, journal of the National union of artists of Ukraine “Fine Arts”. –Vol. 2. –2020. –P. 18–20.
Virtual reality eliminates the concept of time, creating new opportunities for artists and expanding the vector of activities for art professionals. Today, most museums around the world have gone online, making their exhibitions open to visitors. Kyiv’s art life has not stopped either, as evidenced by the new project Visual art exhibition “Who am I today”, which takes place in the MOKONSHU art space with an online exhibition and a 3D video tour.
The advantage of the online gallery and virtual exhibition is unlimited access for every visitor, as well as the possibility of individual viewing of the exhibition with details of each artwork.
The authors of the project – Iryna Vorona and Pavlo Baltaziuk annually organize interdisciplinary art projects for young artists, which are aimed at the development of contemporary art in Ukraine. The initiation and implementation of a cultural event in conditions of quarantine and complete restriction of social activity required a relevant and non-standard approach.
In this regard, a new quality of approach to the management of art projects and professions of the future, such as the curator of virtual spaces and the architect of augmented reality – have entered the modern cultural life of Kyiv.
The exhibition project, which was originally planned to be held in Kyiv’s Gallery “Mytets”, turned to a virtual reality, which allowed the organizers to expand the gallery’s physical space by adding more participants. And as additional value, virtual gallery expanded time space, with minimal social activity in the capital’s cultural life.
The “Who Am I Today” art project brings together nineteen artists and includes painting, graphics, sculpture, installation, photo collage and mixed media. Each artwork is unique and awaits its visitor. The creative tandem of Valentyn Chornyi and Maria Bondarenko presented the installation “Hryvnia”, which serves as a measure of modern Ukrainian life. Dmytro Zazymko presented his “Artefacts”, which symbolize “the moment of creation and destruction, the struggle of man and time with the things of our environment.” Elmira Shemsedinova’s works reveal a collaged reality, showing the “fragmentary nature of modern man’s consciousness.”
Restrictions on cultural events are not a reason to stop exhibition activities. On the contrary, it is an occasion to create new opportunities and implement non-standard approaches. In addition to the exhibition, a series of videos from each participant is presented in the space of the virtual gallery by MOKONSHU, which allowed to save the necessary moment of communication: author- viewer. And what is important is the availability of social networks, thanks to which, even in virtual reality, the art project receives the usual communication for the audience: author-viewer-author.
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