March 14 – 28, 2014
The art peoject “Civil mysticism” will start on the 14th of March, 2014 in Modern Art Reserach Institute.
Due to recent revolutionary changes in Ukraine, nowadays many people have witnessed the emergence of new level of social relations, set up not on control, but due to self-organization and public initiative. Awareness of own participation in the process and changes that gives millions of people belief, removes their phobias and fears, releasing powerful forces to fight any attempts of encroachment.
Spontaneous course of events prove inefficiency of mind to serve in critical situation. Many things are reflected in emotions and experiences affecting everyone, who stand on civil liberties, regardless of individual differences.
Contemporary art in this situation is able to detect immediate thoughts and experiences of the participants and witnesses of actual events, something that can not be purely analyzed by political science.
The majority of the art works were created during unforeseen happenings: from peaceful demonstrations to the point of public confrontation, etched in the memory by the loss of human lives. In “Civil mysticism” we strive to create an experimental space for eloquent artists’ reaction on recent events in Ukraine history.
Project curators: Andriy Sydorenko (Modern Art Research Institute), Katerina Makuhina (SF-Group), Oleksa Man
Joint art project of Modern Art Research Institute National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and Slava- Frolova Grouр
Place of exhibition: Modern Art Research Institute, 18 D Shchors str., Kiev, Ukraine
Opening: 14 March (friday) / 19:00 / 18-D Shchors str.,
Working time: Mn–Sat/10:00–19:00
Modern Art Research Institute National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
Modern Art Research Institute was founded in 2001 with the purpose of research and exhibition activity in the field of modern culture (contemporary art, theater and cinema).
MARI initiatives aimed at the creation of the intellectual atmosphere around the phenomena of the contemporary culture.
The Institute participated in numerous Ukrainian and international exhibitions, conferences, forums, educational seminars and master-classes.
With its projects MARI officially represented Ukraine on 50th, 52, 55th Venice Biennale (Italy).
Slava Frolova-Group
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