Following a successful partnership with the curators Max Gorbatskyi and Viktoria Bavykina developing the HOME programme during Eurovision in Liverpool, Open Eye Gallery is delighted to announce they will be supporting the development of artistic projects for the national pavilion for Ukraine at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Ukraine will be represented by Katya Buchatska, whose project, co-authored with neurodiverse people, addresses the subject of greetings and scrutinises the communication structures; Andrii Dostliev and Lia Dostlieva, who together with Ukrainian displaced people will reflect on the image and perception of refugees; and by Daniil Revkovskiy and Andriy Rachinskiy, whose video-work features numerous amateur videos that recorded the experiences of people in Ukraine before and during the full-scale russian invasion. The pavilion architect is Oleksandr Burlaka, project coordinator is Olena Kasperovych, and designer is Misha Buksha.
Andriy Rachinskiy, Oleksandr Burlaka, Andrii Dostliev and Lia Dostlieva were all exhibited in Open Eye Gallery and other venues across the Liverpool City Region during the HOME programme.
The 60th Venice Biennale is set to run from 20 April – 24 November 2024 and will be curated by Adriano Pedrosa. The title of the Biennale is ‘Foreigners Everywhere’, and it will spotlight artists from diverse backgrounds, especially those who belong to groups that have historically been marginalised. The countries are now announcing the curators and the artists for the national pavilions.