Almaty/KZ, Graz/AT, Kharkiv/UA, Tbilisi/GE, Warsaw/PL
Cultural Landscapes in Flux: The Artistic Responses to War and Colonialism, online discussion
Warsaw/PL
Centrum Społeczności Romskiej
The Subtle Influence of Culture: Mechanisms of Border Control. Presentation and discussion
Centrum Społeczności Romskiej, Puławska 39/85, Warsaw
Poznan/PL
Pradmova festival
"Archive of contemporary art as a tool for cultural activism" public discussion in frames of Pradmova festival
Al. Niepodległości 4, 61-874 Poznań hall В
Berlin/DE
ABA
From War to War: Illustration and Militarization of Visual Space in Belarus public lecture by Uladzimir Hramovich / BY
UQBAR project space, Schwedenstraße 16, 13357 Wedding, Berlin
Karlsruhe/DE
ZKM
SENSE OF SAFETY @ ZKM. A Bridge of Solidarity with the YermilovCentre in Kharkiv
ZKM, Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe, Museum balcony
Amsterdam/NL, Kharkiv/UA
European Cultural Foundation / The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) / YermilovCentre
DocTalk 'Dear Beautiful Beloved' by Juri Rechinsky
De Balie, Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 1017 RR Amsterdam, YermilovCentre, Svobody Square, 4, Kharkiv
Białystok/PL
Gallery Arsenal
Are you here with us? #3
Gallery Arsenal, ul. Adama Mickiewicza 2, Białystok
Poznan / Kharkiv/PL/UA
Domie / YermilovCentre
Echoes of Shelters | Hybrid Performative Walk with Kharkiv
Poznań: CK Zamek, Święty Marcin 80-82 / Kharkiv: YermilovCentre, Svobody Square, 4
Berlin, Potsdam/DE
Schlosslichtspiele
Radio bridge "Sense of safety"
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Białystok/PL
Gallery Arsenal
Are you here with us? #2
Gallery Arsenal, ul. Adama Mickiewicza 2, Białystok
Warsaw/PL
Fundacja W Stronę Dialogu
Romani AFU soldiers rescue Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russians: Exhibition opening and public program
Fundacja W Stronę Dialogu and Centrum Społeczności Romskiej, ul. Skrzetuskiego 36a, 02-665 Warszawa
Karlsruhe/DE
ZKM
SENSE OF SAFETY @ ZKM. Opening & Concert featuring FO SHO
ZKM, Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe, Museum balcony, Media theatre
Tbilisi/GE
Bouillon Group
Let me show you something beautiful: Ethics and esthetics in "war photography" in Ukraine and Georgia
Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum M. Kostava 14., Hotel "Stamba", D block, Second floor.
Berlin/DE
Sergey Bratkov / Eleonora Frolova
How to survive: Metacosmia / YermilovCentre
Charkiw-Park, Rothenburgstraße 33, 12165 Berlin, Germany
Leipzig/DE
Revolutionale festival / Leipzig Festival of Lights
Safety as Collective Practice, screening program in frames of Revolutionale Festival
Ringcafé Roßplatz 8, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Białystok/PL
Gallery Arsenal
Are you here with us? / Czy jesteśce tu z nami?
Gallery Arsenal, ul. Adama Mickiewicza 2, Białystok
Tbilisi/GE
Bouillon Group
"Let me show you something beautiful": Pop-up exhibition of Ukrainian photographers
on the opposite street of the Georgian parliament
Amsterdam/NL
THE VOID
Hybrid event and streaming from the THE VOID studio in frames of Bridges of Solidarity
Stuttgart/DE
Musik der Jahrhunderte
Audiovisual performance "Rehearsal of the Victory Day Gig # 9"
Musik der Jahrhunderte, Siemensstraße 13, 70469 Stuttgart
Düsseldorf/DE
Atelier Helmut Schweizer
Screening of the film "Civilians. Invasion" by Daniil Revkovskyi and Andrii Rachynskyi
Atelier Helmut Schweizer, Lierenfelder Straße 39, Düsseldorf
Graz, Austria/AT
ZIEGEL. Atelier Gemeinschaft ukrainischer Künstler:innen
CURATOR'S TALK
ZIEGEL. Atelier Gemeinschaft ukrainischer Künstler:innen, Strauchergasse 6, Graz, Austria 8020
Berlin/DE
nGbk
From soil to solidarity
nGbk, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11/13, 1st floor (access via escalator), 10178 Berlin
Kharkiv/UA
YermilovCenter
Performance "Digestion"
YermilovCenter, Svobody Square, 4, Kharkiv
Ivano-Frankivsk/UA
Asortymentna kimnata
Playing with Safety: No duality, only duality
Asortymentna kimnata, Sichovyh Striltsiv 15, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Krakow/PL
UKRAINATV
Hybrid event and streaming from the UKRAINATV studio in frames of Bridges of Solidarity
Karlsruhe/DE
Schlosslichtspiele
Sense of Safety on the Antiwar Day
Schloßplatz, Karlsruhe
Kharkiv/UA
YermilovCenter
Core exhibition "Sense of safety": Curatorial excursion
YermilovCenter, Svobody Square, 4, Kharkiv
Kharkiv/UA
YermilovCenter
"How can the Analog Exhibition Space be combined with the Digital World?" A lecture by Thomas Hirschhorn
YermilovCenter, Svobody Square, 4, Kharkiv
Bouillon GroupTbilisi/GE
Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum M. Kostava 14., Hotel "Stamba", D block, Second floor.
Let me show you something beautiful: Ethics and esthetics in "war photography" in Ukraine and Georgia
participants
Stanislav Ostrous (Kherson, Ukraine), Serhiy Melnychenko (Mykolaiv, Ukraine), Oleksandr Osipov (Kharkiv, Ukraine), Khatuna Khabuliani (Tbilisi, Georgia), Sophia Lapiashvili (Tbilisi, Georgia), Natalia Vatsadze (Tbilisi, Georgia), Alona Karavai (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)moderated
with the support of
On October 10, 19:00, we invite you to the discussion and screening of the works of Ukrainian photographers "Let me show you something beautiful". Ainur Sakisheva, Maria Horshkova, Oksana Kami, Oleksandr Osipov, Olena Lemberska, Sergey Melnitchenko, Stanislav Ostrous document the results of the ongoing war in Ukraine, although none of them were war photographers before that.
"Let me show you something beautiful" is the name of the mobile gallery without a permanent space run by the artistic group Boullion Group from Tbilisi. A few projects have already been shown by this gallery which were challenging the concept of "beauty", but the recent one confronted the name and the content in an especially sharp and controversial way - "Let me show you something beautiful" was showing the works of contemporary photographers from Ukraine which were reflecting the current stage of the Russian war against Ukraine. Is there anything beautiful about the war to be shown? Let's discuss it - on 10th of October, at 19:00 Tbilisi time.
- War often creates sharp contrasts between destruction and resilience, and these paradoxes can be visually striking. How to avoid romanisation and aestheticization of war while showing its "good" side?
- War creates expectations to show (and see) some stereotypical pictures of destruction and suffering. Which ethical navigation compass do the photographers use in order to avoid the so-called "ruin porn" or "war porn" in their practice?
- When speaking about Ukrainian and Georgian photographers, they are working with the events they're sharing and co-owning. Besides that, photography as a medium is something offering the artist only a very short or no distance. How do photographers protect themselves from re-traumatisation while including into their artistic practice experiences they are sharing?
Exhibition and discussion is presented within the framework of the international art project Sense of Safety and its Bridge of Solidarity program, with support of YermilovCentre, Ambasada Kultury, Danish Cultural Institute, Antiworcoalition.art and Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum.
Free entry. Discussion will be held in English.