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ARTIST TALK: WITH POLINA KUZNETSOVA

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., within the framework of the “Endurance Formula” project, an Artist Talk will be held with the artist Polina Kuznetsova, author of the work “Aquarium” presented at the M17 CSM. The meeting will be held by project curator Iryna Yatsyk.

Please note, in order to attend the event, you must register by filling out the form.

“Let’s talk about performance as a phenomenon: what is it about performance that makes it an effective tool for expressing ideas, in particular, in our exhibition project – the extremes of war and the challenges we face. Using the example of the video work “Aquarium”, we will consider a performance that rethinks the topic indirectly, through another artistic view – through video”, – Iryna Yatsyk, curator of the “Formula of Endurance” exhibition project.

The work of art “Aquarium” is a video documentation of a performance made by the artist last July in collaboration with Andriy Skrypka. This is an action dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attack at the Kakhovskaya HPP on June 6, 2023. The artist spent 85 minutes in spring water, periodically holding her breath to understand what it’s like to be in water for a long time, what it’s like to be in a flood zone.

Andriy Skrypka will join Artist Talk via video call from Kharkiv.

More details about the project here.