SUMMERpropaganda from PinchukArtCentre and Docudays UA: discussion “Designing reality through mass media”
On Tuesday, July 8, at 19:00 the PinchukArtCentre and Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival invite to a public discussion on “Designing reality through mass media” under SUMMERPropaganda project. The discussion will focus on propaganda and public opinion manipulation, as well as tools and strategies used by mass media to shape reality. The event will be hosted by founder of Postmen agency and propaganda collector Yaroslav Vedmid.
SUMMERpropaganda is a series of the public film screenings and discussions held in the context of “Fear and Hope” show - a group exhibition of three Ukrainian artists Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova and Artem Volokitin. “Fear and Hope” is an urgent artistic response to the new sociopolitical context of Ukraine formed by recent events in the country and ongoing crisis. Art works presented within the exhibition cover topics of memory, nostalgia and history, heritage and the role of media in the modern world, thus creating a platform for discussions that go beyond visual arts.
Public film screenings will help reveal the theme of the exhibition in a broader historical context, referring the viewer to the recent past Ukraine and going beyond a purely domestic background. Screenings will be followed by discussions featuring artists, critics, historians, theorists, political scientists, composers and etc.
Documentaries screening and discussions are held by the PinchukArtCentre and Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, supported by the National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Centre. All events will be taking place at the PinchukArtCentre until end of August. Participation is free.
Theme Tour “Painting as a form of contemporary art”
On Wednesday, July 9, at 19:00 the PinchukArtCentre invites to the theme tour entitled “Painting as a form of contemporary art” where participants, focusing on the works by artists Artem Volokitin, Damien Hirst, Martin Kobe, Marc Quinn and Julie Mehretu, will analyze the potential of contemporary painting and its relationship with the classical art.
The tour starts at 19:00 on the 2nd floor of the art centre, reception area. It will be guided by the PinchukArtCentre’s guide Tetiana Yerokhova.
“Imaginarium” educational programme for 8-10 year olds
On Thursday, 10 July, at 16:00 the PinchukArtCentre invites 8-10 year olds to the “Imaginarium” session entitled “Who am I?”, where they will learn about life and work of the artist who are presented in the art centre. Children also will be offered to join in an interactive game dedicated to the personalities from the world of contemporary art.
The event will be hosted by the PinchukArtCentre’s guides Lora Ischenko and Anna Honchar.
Participation is free of charge. Advance registration is compulsory. The group size is limited to 15 participants.
SUMMERpropaganda from PinchukArtCentre and Docudays UA: screening of documentaries Pussy VS Putin and From Iran, a Separation
On Thursday, 10 July, at 19:00 the PinchukArtCentre and Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival invite to screening of the documentaries “Pussy VS Putin” (Gogol’s Wives, Russia, 2013, 60 min) and “From Iran, a Separtion” (directors Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Ataei, Iran/France. 2013, 52 min.) in the framework of SUMMERpropaganda project.
The anarchistic female band and its supporters are the main characters in Pussy VS Putin documentary, a film made by people who documented the band’s actions from its start to imprisonment of its two members for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” in 2012: rehearsals, recordings, public events, detentions, prosecution, trial and support rallies by the court house. This is not a typical documentary with a moralistic editing; the events are followed in a way that allows the viewer to make his or her own conclusions. The directors stay anonymous.
“From Iran, a Separtion” shows the reaction of the Iranians to the Oscar award for the Iranian movie A Separation by Asghar Farhadi in 2012, and portrays a general view on Iran’s society of today. For the Iranian people this was more than a cinematic award. This time the Iranian people’s voice was heard through someone other than the government officials. When sanctions and threats of war with Iran dominated the world headlines, Farhadi talked about Iran’s love for peace and the rich culture of the Iranians on the stage when receiving his award.
After the documentaries the audience will have a chance to join a discussion entitled “Behind the scenes of revolution: creation of a myth” featuring art critic and curator Natalia Chermalykh.
Family Sundays – Art and Education class for children aged 7 through 9
On Sunday, July 13, at 12:00 the PinchukArtCentre invites children aged 7 to 9 years to a Family Sunday class entitled “Image and Text”.
While viewing the works by Richard Prince, Zhanna Kadyrova and Jan Fabre, children will learn about different ways to use text in objects of art. Children will also discuss how text and images interact in a single picture plane and why artists use this technique. In the creative part of session the young art lovers will create image-and-text composition in a graphic technique.
The event starts at 12:00 on the 5th floor of the art centre, in the Educational Room and will be hosted by the PinchukArtCentre’s guide Olga Shyshlova and culture expert Liudmyla Bulanova-Duvalko.
Meanwhile, parents can join one of the regular exhibition tours led by qualified PinchukArtCentre guides.
Maximum number of children in the group is 20. Registration is mandatory.
Theme Tour “Architecture and Utopia”
On Sunday, July 13, at 19:00 the PinchukArtCentre invites to the theme tour entitled “Architecture and Utopia” which is meant to reveal the link formed in 20th century between architectural structures and utopian social projects. This historical insight will be based on the materials offered to the viewer through the works of Mykyta Kadan, Martin Kobe and Julie Mehretu.
The event starts at 19:00 on the 2nd floor of the art centre, reception area. The tour will be guided by the PinchukArtCentre’s guide Arseniy Tarasov.
Theme tours can be arranged on request for schools and universities.
Registered event attendees will have priority entry to the art centre without queuing. To register in advance and receive additional information, please use the contact information below:
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