On 8 July, at 3 pm, curatorial tour of the Concentration of Will project

On 8 July, at 3 pm, we are pleased to invite you to a curatorial tour of the Concentration of Will project at the M17 CAC in Kyiv city.

During the tour, you will be introduced to the history of the project, as well as gain a better understanding of the content and artistic form of the works.

The exhibition at M17 features video, photography, computer graphics and animation, objects made from the remnants of military equipment, installation, painting, and more.

The exhibition project aims to show how, through the horrific reality of war, Ukrainians find the will to fight the Russian invasion. Among the 49 works on display in the M17 exhibition space, there are featured many that have already become iconic for the modern period of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Curators:

Andriy Sydorenko is an artist, curator, and art researcher who combines work in his own studio with participation in exhibitions, curating and art criticism in Ukraine and abroad. Senior Researcher at the Department of Art of New Technologies of the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine. PhD Candidate in Art History.

Iryna Yatsyk is an art historian, art critic, curator, and author of scientific publications on the challenges of project work in the field of culture, performative practices of Ukrainian artists, art in public space, etc. She is a researcher at the Department of History and Theory of Culture of the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine. She is a regular contributor to the periodical ArtКурсив.