Lecture by Nataliia Matsenko “The Art of Participation and the Open Situation”
On Thursday, November 6 at 18:30, join us for a lecture by Nataliia Matsenko titled “The Art of Participation and the Open Situation”, held as part of the public program for the exhibition “Certain Future Evidence” — a project by the Open Group (Yurii Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga).
The event will take place on the 2nd floor, near the reception area of PinchukArtCentre. Participation is free with prior registration. The number of seats is limited.
- How does the audience’s perception of an artwork change when they become part of its creation — and who then becomes the author?
- What happens when art has no predetermined outcome and is formed through the interaction between people, space, and context?
- Can art become (or fail to become) a space for shared experience, trust, and dialogue?
- What are the contradictions of participatory art, and where do the “hidden pitfalls” of participation lie?
During the lecture, Nataliia Matsenko will explore what participatory practices and the “open situation” are, and how they shape our understanding of engagement with art. We will look at international examples of participatory art and focus on key projects by the Open Group to see how the ideas of participation manifest in artistic practice.
About the lecturer:
Nataliia Matsenko — art historian, independent curator, art critic, and lecturer. Her work focuses on transforming landscapes, human and non-human communities, new media, and the preservation of cultural heritage. She has curated exhibitions and residencies in Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Mexico, and Japan. Since 2013, she has collaborated as a guest curator with the BIRUCHIY Contemporary Art Project, and since 2018 — with the land art symposium “Mohrytsia. The Borderland Space.” Since 2022, she has developed projects in cooperation with the European External Action Service (Brussels). In 2023–2024, she was a guest curator at the Kunstmuseum Bochum (Germany) and recently took part in curatorial residencies at Cité internationale des arts (Paris) and Kunsthalle Exnergasse (Vienna).
