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
maxim tyminko
YermilovCentreKharkiv/UA
Sense Of Safety
“Sense of Safety” is an international art project highlighting the core exhibition of the same name in the YermilovCentre in Kharkiv, Ukraine surrounded by an open network of more than 20 cross-institutional events across 12 countries united as a “Bridges of Solidarity”. The project emerges from the urgent need to respond to the dire situation in Kharkiv, in North-East Ukraine, around 50 kilometers from the Russian border and subjected to daily shelling.
The idea of the project is to emphasize Kharkiv as an important part of the global world, its cultural, scientific and political importance, to draw the whole world into Kharkiv and Kharkiv into the world by promoting the exchange of connections, information, togetherness and interdependency.
The heart of the project was driven by the fact that in the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the YermilovCentre occasionally turned out to be a real shelter for the artistic community. Nevertheless, it has never ceased its professional activity.
Structure of The International Art Project
Sense Of Safety
Sense of Safety exhibition
The exhibition in the YermilovCentre is featuring works from 31 individual artists and collectives representing over 10 countries, including a significant percentage of new commissions. The exhibition represents a wide range of artistic practices and media such as video, painting, photography, installation, sculpture, participatory practices and site-specific works among others. The exhibition is built around the ambivalence of the concept of safety, which has been profoundly redefined by the war. It also touches upon the idea that safety is understood not only as a feeling, but above all as an infrastructure of care, communication as a safe place, supported by vulnerable bodies, by the efforts of people, communities, and institutions. The ambivalence of safety is broken through the ideas of post-traumatic in-growth and the desire for routine actions as safe-gaining. The exhibition demonstrates different perspectives and modalities of understanding and perception of safety — from children's rituals to educational practices, from the search for self-stabilization and self-soothing to collective creative action.
The Bridges of Solidarity
One of the main conceptual axes of the project is the idea of interdependence and mutual connectedness, which is embodied in re-imagining of the exhibition as a medium through experimentation, expanded forms pulling Kharkiv outwards and other geographical locations into Kharkiv. Aiming to counter the isolation imposed by the war, it integrates online and offline events into a unified space — The Bridges of Solidarity, involving more than 20 both well established and grassroot partner institutions (ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, nGbK, Berlin, Arsenal Gallery in Białystok, Roma Community Center in Warsaw, Bouillon Group in Tbilisi, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, the Netherlands etc.). Designed to act as bridges, the series of events facilitates two-way interaction and connection between the international community and Kharkiv. These events aim to foster solidarity and mutual support.
Online Platform
The entire project is connected through the online platform, which serves as the information hub and navigation tool. This platform allows visitors at any of our dispersed event locations to explore the entire project, watch live video streams from the YermilovCentre, and view broadcasts from partner institutions. Visitors in Kharkiv and around the world can access information about any event, artist or an artwork and personally participate in hybrid online/offline workshops, lectures, and discussions. The online platform aims to create a communication network, reducing distances and fostering ongoing connections.
Main Idea of the Project
The main topic of the project is built around the ambivalence of the concept of safety, which has been profoundly redefined by the war. It also touches upon the idea that safety is understood not only as a feeling, but above all as an infrastructure of care, communication as a safe place, supported by vulnerable bodies, by the efforts of people, communities, and institutions. The ambivalence of safety is broken through the ideas of post-traumatic in-growth and the desire for routine actions as safe-gaining. The aim of the project is to demonstrate different perspectives and modalities of understanding and perception of safety — from children's rituals to educational practices, from the search for self-stabilization and self-soothing to collective creative action. “The Sense of Safety” project also seeks to create lasting connections and support mechanisms between Kharkiv and the international community.
By fostering these gestures of solidarity, the project reintroduces Kharkiv as part of the world heritage. It is the city of arts, science and technology with Nobel Prize winners physicist Lev Landau, biologist Ilya Mechnikov and economist Semen Kuznets, avant garde artists Borys Kosarev and Vasyl Yermilov, Hasselblad Award Winner Boris Mikhailov, Oscar Winner Mstyslav Chernov among others. And still Kharkiv continues to be a grand city — from avant-garde thought to the cutting-edge physics essential for the Large Hadron Collider, it is a place where the fight for democratic values is happening in real-time.
Concept of the project
The International Coalition of Cultural Workers in Solidarity with Ukraine
YermilovCentre
Visual concept
EXHIBITION
Artists
Curators
Architecture
Executive architect
Texts and conceptual framing
Editing / Translation
BRIDGES OF SOLIDARITY
Concept and Development
Management
Partners
ONLINE PLATFORM
MANAGEMENT
General management
Ambasada Kultury
YermilovCentre
Logistics Management
Asortymentna kimnata
Technical Team
Front Pictures
Photinus
COMMUNICATION
PR
SMM
DESIGN
Photography
PARTNERS
Supported by
Technical Partner
Exhibition Partner
We are thankful to
Individuals
Oksana Barshynova, Stella Beniaminova, Olena Bykovets, Sebastian Cichocki, Yevhen Demyanenko, Michiel Driebergen, Lore Gablier, Jakub Gawkowski, Taras Gembik, Oleksandr Golubov, Maryna Grachova, Martin Hoernes, Maria Isserlis, Tetiana Kaganovska, Oleksandr Kaplia, Oksana Karpovets, Maksym Khodak, Eugenia Kochubinska, Anatoly Kochubinskyi, Taisia Kryvko, Kostiantyn Lahunovskyi, Irina Leonenko, Kyrylo Lukash, Iuliia Lytvynets, Kotryna Markevičiutė, Daria Mille, Olexii Minko, Marina Naprushkina, Siarhei Navitski, Oleksandr Osipov, Dmytro Paziura, Lena Prents, Tetyana Pylypchuk, Mykhailo Protsenko, Sasha Razor, Yan Sakovich, Serhii Seleznov, Artem Shevchenko, Georgiy Shevchenko, Nicolay Spesivtsev, Anastasiia Spirenkova, Iaroslava Strikha, Kateryna Tsyhykalo, Asia Tsisar, Esselien Van Eerten, Tjitske Wildervanck, Volodymyr Yefimenko, Oleksandr Yukhno, Dzina Zhuk, Philipp Ziegler
Institutions