The Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of Mystetskyi Arsenal” opens the exhibition “One With Each Other. Spatial Dialogues. Dreamscape”
The Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of Mystetskyi Arsenal” presents the exhibition “One With Each Other. Spatial Dialogues. Dreamscape” — the second exhibition of the project “One with the other. Spatial Dialogues”.
The exhibition will be held at the Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of Mystetskyi Arsenal” (10 Lavrska Street) from December 2 to December 29, 2022. Free admission.
Dreamscape is a project by architect Elena Orap, graphic designer Dasha Podoltseva, and composer and sound artist Oleksiy Shmurak. The name means a landscape of dreams or daydreams but also refers to the word “escape.” The installation is a metaphorical recreation of a sleeping bag or blanket as a safe space. A small sound speaker is placed inside the structure, from which a soundscape of a surreal, dreamy nature quietly sounds. This musical part of the project is participatory. Authors announced an open call to collect music samples and sounds that, for the last nine months, have helped people in shelters and evacuation. The composer transformed these musical stories into a coherent soundscape with the logic of a dream — with unexpected transitions, meaningless repetitions, and strange lacunae. Dreamscape space offers an act of collective therapy and reflection, in which memories meet with reflection and care for others and for oneself.
In this exhibition project, Dreamscape builds artistic continuity by resonating with the work of Tamara Turlyun “Spokiynoi Nochi” (Goodnight), which was exhibited at the first exhibition “One with the other. Spatial dialogues. Inga Levi and Tamara Turlyun”.
Art collective: Elena Orap, Dasha Podoltseva, Oleksiy Shmurak.
Curators: Andrii Myroshnychenko, Nadiia Chervinska, Natasha Chychasova.
The project was supported as a result of the open competition (re)connection UA, a pilot project created by the NGO «Museum of Contemporary Art» in partnership with UNESCO and financed by the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund.
Dasha Podoltseva is a Ukrainian graphic designer and visual artist. Born in Kyiv. She graduated from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. She studied academic drawing and painting in Oleksandr Titov’s workshop. Studied at Central Saint Martins/University of Arts London summer school and Petr Bankov poster school. Graduate of the Canactions Studio 1 school of urban planning. Co-founder of the Series__ project, dedicated to Ukrainian panel buildings. Works with such subjects as public space, material world, and “temporary inconvenience».
Elena Orap is a Ukrainian architect, researcher, and artist. Born in Kyiv. She graduated from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. Co-founder of the SERIA__ project, dedicated to Ukrainian panel mass housing. Works with such subjects as mass housing, identity and borders, temporal structures, and architecture of emergency.
Oleksiy Shmurak is a Ukrainian composer and sound artist. Born in Kyiv. Graduated from the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, majoring as a composer. He has worked as a performer and composer in classical and contemporary classical music, experimental music, and multimedia performances. Works with themes such as genre boundaries, nostalgia, deconstruction, and attention gaps. He often uses voice, brass, percussion, electronics, and space in his performances.
“One with the other. Spatial Dialogues” is a processual project of the Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal.” Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the Laboratory has begun to collect works about the war by Ukrainian artists — from 2014 till today. This array of works has transformed into an online archive — Ukraine Ablaze. While working on the archive, Laboratory curators realized the importance of recording processes and transformations in artistic practices, which often remain invisible.
The exhibition will be held at the Laboratory of Contemporary Art “Mala Gallery of Mystetskyi Arsenal” (10 Lavrska Street) from December 2 to December 29, 2022.
📌 Opening hours:
Tuesday, 16:00 – 19:00
Wednesday, 11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, 13:00 – 18:00
Friday, 16:00 – 19:00
Saturday, 12:00 – 16:00
Sunday, 13:00 – 19:00
In case of emergency power outages, we will additionally inform you about the opening hours on our social media.
We care about everyone’s safety, so in case of an air raid alert, the exhibition will be closed. At this time, you can go to the nearest shelter. The exhibition will start working after the end of an air raid alert.