Participants

Curators:

Bogdana Kosmina. Artist and multidisciplinary architect. Co-founder of the exhibition space “Dzherelo” and a member of the curatorial group “Hudrada” (Artistic Committee). Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1990. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA), Paris (FR), Berlin (DE), Vienna (AT).

Michał Murawski. Anthropologist of architecture, Associate Professor in Critical Area Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Trustee of the NGO KHARPP. Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1984. Lives and works in London (UK).

Kateryna Rusetska. Curator and culture manager. Co-founder of NGO Kultura Medialna and DCCC (Dnipro Center for Contemporary Culture). Born in Dnipro, Ukraine in 1989. Lives and works in Dnipro and Kyiv (UA).

Producer:

Ilona Demchenko. Cultural manager and curator. Programme manager for the House of Europe, implemented by the Goethe-Institut. Exhibition producer with a focus on cultural diplomacy. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1984. Based in Kyiv, working on projects both in Ukraine and internationally.

Communications and PR:

Amina Ahmed. Author, editor, and communication specialist. Editor at Artslooker magazine and co-curator of the artist-run space Hlibzawod. Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1996. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA).

Team:

Tetyana Filevska. Commissioner of the Ukrainian Pavilion.
Creative Director at the Ukrainian Institute, art manager, curator, writer and researcher of Ukrainian art of the 20th century. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1983.

Valeriia Pliekhotko. Commissioner’s assistant.
Curator & art manager. Program manager of the cross-sectoral department at the Ukrainian Institute. Born in Odesa, Ukraine, in 1996.

Olga Yurkova. Commissioner’s assistant.
Experienced project manager of complex programs in IT, arts and culture, head of the cross-sectoral programs department at the Ukrainian Institute. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1978. Lives and works in Ukraine.

Yevgenia Belorusets. Artist and writer.
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1980. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA) and Berlin (DE).

Maxime Faure, documentary filmmaker.
Born in Finistère, France, in 1989. Lives and works in Paris (FR).

Oleh Halaidych. Documentary filmmaker and biophysicist, obtained a PhD in stem cell research at Leiden University. Born in Kharkiv (UA) in 1990, lives and works in Kyiv. 

Kseniia Kalmus. Volunteer, entrepreneur and floral artist.
Co-founder of the NGO Livyi Bereh and founder and director of “KLYN Drones”. Born in Blagovishchensk (USSR) in 1988. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA).

Oksana Kosmina. Architect, ethnologist and historian of material culture, candidate of Historical Sciences. Worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of Ethnology under the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1960. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA), Gy (FR)

Tamara Kosmina. Architect, ethnologist and historian of material culture, candidate of Historical Sciences. Leading researcher at the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnography, Kyiv. Born in Chelyabinsk (USSR) in 1936. Passed away in 2016, in Kyiv (UA).

Clemens Poole. Multi-media artist, curator editor and music producer. Co-founder of Kyivpastrans Records and coordinator of the DRONES FOR DRONES fundraising initiative. Born in Tilghman Island, Maryland, USA in 1983. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA).

Ihor Okuniev. Multimedia artist, co-founder of the NGO Livij Bereh. Serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1989. Lives and works in Ukraine. 

Vladyslav Sharapa. Photographer and construction worker, co-founder of the NGO Livij Bereh. Serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1986. Lives and works in Ukraine. 

Dmytro Vortman. Cartographer and scholarly editor of Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, 1962. Lives and works in Kyiv (UA), Gy (FR).

Ada Wordsworth. Writer and researcher, co-founder of the NGO KHARPP. PhD student at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Born in London, UK in 1998. Lives and works between Kyiv and Kharkiv (Ukraine), and London

Designers:

Volodymyr Pavlov

Alina Radomska

Web developer:

Ilya Thainovich

All photographs by:

Nazar Furyk