Closeness is an APL (Angewandte Performance Laboratory) associated project and collaborates with Notgalerie
#Ukraine − Migration and Art

The western border of Ukraine can be reached from Vienna by car within only 6 hours.

Closeness is a community space which gives insights into works of Ukrainian artists and students who have been facing unprecedented artistic, personal and geopolitical challenges since 2014 due to the ongoing russian aggression and occupation and, since February 2022, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. By bringing together and communicating different experiences, we are trying to reduce the constructed distance to the ongoing catastrophe which is happening much closer than it is regularly perceived.

Initiators & Organizers: Daria Lytvynenko & Jasmin Schaitl

The exhibition includes a discussion with Ukrainian and international artists, as well as a live performance that will take place over two days.

Participating Artists:

Anetta, Vira Hanzha, Andriy Helytovych, Mariia Lisovska, Matilda Marina,
Daria Lytvynenko, miki-mike665, Natalia Matsenko, Anzhelika Palyvoda,
Clemens Poole, Daria Pugachova, Alina Pust, Anne Schartmann,
Tanya Shtykalo, Maria Shurkhal, Maria Soloviova, Beauty Studio,
Victor Vasyliev, Nastja Verzun, Orest Yaremchuk, Yuri Yefanov.

Fri 23.06 Opening 18:00
Sat 24.06 14:00—18:00
Sun 25.06 Closed
Mon 26.06 Closed
Tue 27.06 11:00 – 21:00
Wed 28.06 11:00 – 21:00
Thu 29.06 11:00 – 21:00
Fri 30.06 11:00 – 21:00

PERFORMANCE

NO DISTANCE
ALLOWED

Due to the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine more than 12 million people were forced to leave their homes.

In search of a connection with our new reality, we invite the audience to a staged process that constantly deconstructs the temporary home through private stories of fleeing. We are driven by a collective sense of urgency, in which we hope to develop new methods of creative work and strategies for different ways of support in the time of war.
Performance is part of the exhibition Closeness.

Dates: 28.06 and 29.06, 13:00-16:00
Idea / Concept: Daria Lytvynenko in collaboration with Jasmin Schaitl
Performance: Alina Pust, Maria Shurkhal and Daria Lytvynenko
Costume design: Anne Schartmann
Sound: Clemens Poole

PANNEL DISCUSSION

Date and Time: Wed 28.06 at 19:00
Participants: Clemens Poole, Andriy Helytovych,
Natalia Matsenko, Yuri Yefanov, Matilda Marina,
Daria Pugachova, Daria Lytvynenko, Jasmin Schaitl

Closeness serves as a fundraiser for the COHATY project, a Ukraine-based community that renovates unused buildings and turns them into new homes for internally displaced people.

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