{"id":13680,"title":"Imagine Ukraine – Art as a Critical Attitude","date_begin":"2022-05-06T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2022-08-28T00:00:00.000+02:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen, Leuvenstraat 32","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/668/large/Imagine_Ukraine_M_HKA-17.jpg?1654182687","poster_credits":"© M HKA - Pat Verbruggen"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"Imagine Ukraine – Art as a Critical Attitude","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe exhibition at M HKA presents the vital Ukrainian art scene from the perspective of art as a critical instrument.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikita Kadan\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;attaches a Soviet star to a Portuguese coloniser\u0026rsquo;s sculpture from Benin. In a recent video,\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Sergey Bratkov\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;shows his brother, an architect living in Kharkiv, who measures a dilapidated building. In the spirit of the Maidan Revolution,\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eDavyd Chychkan\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;reflects on his society\u0026rsquo;s future, inspired by the forces that were active in the \u0026mdash; that existed from 1917 until the Soviet victory in 1921 \u0026ndash;, with the black of anarchism (for an anti-authoritarian future), the red of socialism (for social equality), and the purple of feminism \u0026mdash; for a culturally progressive horizon. He interweaves these with the colours, symbols and heritage of Ukraine. Its counterpart is the wall drawing\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLandscape with Staffage\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;by\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Anna Scherbyna\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nAnother core element of the programme is\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSee Ukraine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, a film programme with videos by young Ukrainian artists, shedding light on current issues of identity and the relationship with past and future. The programme is introduced by the song\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eObiymy\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e[Hug Me] by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and the Akustikos Art Group, recently recorded in the ruins of Palats Pratsi [the Palace of Labour] in Kharkiv.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTo add a playful element, on the other side of the library\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eAlevtina Kakhidze\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Most Commercial Project\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is also shown. Kakhidze investigates ideas of value, materialism, possession and consumption by imitating clothes she likes, then selling them at the clothes\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;original retail price.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe campaign image of\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eImagine Ukraine\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;was created by\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eNikolay Karabinovych\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"Kunst als kritische attitude","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDe tentoonstelling in het M HKA presenteert de vitale Oekra\u0026iuml;ense kunstscene vanuit het perspectief van kunst als kritisch instrument.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikita Kadan\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;geeft een sculptuur uit Benin van een Portugese kolonisator een sovjetster mee.\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eSergey Bratkov\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;toont in een recente video zijn in Kharkiv wonende broer, architect, die een vervallen gebouw opmeet.\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Davyd Chychkan\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;denkt, in de geest van Maidan, de toekomsthorizon van zijn maatschappij. Hij vertrekt van de krachten in Volksrepubliek Oekra\u0026iuml;ne die bestond van 1917 tot de Sovjetzege in 1921, met het zwart van het anarchisme voor een antiautoritaire toekomst, het rood van het socialisme voor sociale gelijkheid en het paars van het feminisme voor een cultureel progressieve horizon. Die verweeft hij met de kleuren, symbolen en het erfgoed van Oekra\u0026iuml;ne. Tegenhanger hiervan is de muurtekening\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLandscape with Staffage\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;van\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Scherbyna\u003c/strong\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nCentraal is er ook\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSee Ukraine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, een filmprogramma met video\u0026rsquo;s van jonge Oekra\u0026iuml;ense kunstenaars. Het belicht vraagstukken rond identiteit en de relatie met het verleden en de toekomst. Het programma wordt ingeleid door het lied\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eObiymy\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e[Omhels me] van Svyatoslav Vakarchuk en Akustikos Art Group, recent opgenomen in de ru\u0026iuml;nes van Palats Pratsi (het \u0026lsquo;werkerspaleis\u0026rsquo;) in Kharkiv.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nAls een speels accent wordt aan de andere kant van de bibliotheek ook nog\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eHet meest commerci\u0026euml;le\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;project getoond van Alevtina Kakhidze. Daarin bevraagt ze idee\u0026euml;n van waarde, materialisme, bezit en consumptie door kleding na te maken die ze leuk vindt, om ze vervolgens te verkopen aan de winkelprijs van de kledingstukken.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eNikolay Karabinovych\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;maakte het campagnebeeld van\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;Imagine Ukraine\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"Imagine Ukraine – Art as a Critical Attitude","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eL\u0026rsquo;exposition au M HKA pr\u0026eacute;sente une sc\u0026egrave;ne artistique ukrainienne vivante et vivace, \u0026agrave; partir de la perspective de l\u0026rsquo;art en tant qu\u0026rsquo;instrument critique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eNikita Kadan\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;adjoint une \u0026eacute;toile sovi\u0026eacute;tique \u0026agrave; une sculpture b\u0026eacute;ninoise d\u0026rsquo;un colonisateur portugais. Dans une vid\u0026eacute;o r\u0026eacute;cente,\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Sergey Bratkov\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;pr\u0026eacute;sente son fr\u0026egrave;re, un architecte qui vit \u0026agrave; Kharkiv, y mesurant un b\u0026acirc;timent d\u0026eacute;cr\u0026eacute;pit. Dans l\u0026rsquo;esprit de Maidan,\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eDavyd Chychkan\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;imagine l\u0026rsquo;avenir de sa soci\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; et prend pour ce faire comme point de d\u0026eacute;part les forces de la R\u0026eacute;publique populaire d\u0026rsquo;Ukraine qui a exist\u0026eacute; de 1917 jusqu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; la victoire sovi\u0026eacute;tique en 1921. Aux couleurs, aux symboles et au patrimoine de l\u0026rsquo;Ukraine, il entrem\u0026ecirc;le le noir de l\u0026rsquo;anarchisme pour incarner un avenir antiautoritaire, le rouge du socialisme, pour une soci\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; \u0026eacute;galitaire et le violet du f\u0026eacute;minisme pour un horizon culturel progressif. Avec sa peinture murale\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLandscape with Staffage\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Scherbyna\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;signe le pendant de l\u0026rsquo;oeuvre pr\u0026eacute;c\u0026eacute;dente.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nLe projet s\u0026rsquo;articule \u0026eacute;galement autour de\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026nbsp;See Ukraine\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, un programme filmique pr\u0026eacute;sentant des vid\u0026eacute;os de jeunes artistes ukrainiens qui mettent en lumi\u0026egrave;re des questions concernant l\u0026rsquo;identit\u0026eacute; et la relation au pass\u0026eacute; et \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;avenir. Le programme est introduit par la chanson\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eObiymy\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;[Embrasse moi] de Svyatoslav Vakarchuk et de l\u0026rsquo;Akustikos Art Group r\u0026eacute;cemment film\u0026eacute; dans les ruines du Palats Pratsi (le palais des travailleurs) \u0026agrave; Kharkiv.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDe l\u0026rsquo;autre c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; de la biblioth\u0026egrave;que, on peut voir la contribution \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;accent ludique d\u0026rsquo;\u003cstrong\u003eAlevtina Kakhidze\u003c/strong\u003e, Le projet le plus commercial, dans lequel l\u0026rsquo;artiste interroge les notions de valeur, de mat\u0026eacute;rialisme, de propri\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; et de consommation en imitant des v\u0026ecirc;tements qui lui plaisent et en les vendant ensuite aux prix de v\u0026ecirc;tements en boutique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eNikolay Karabinovych\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;a r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; l\u0026rsquo;image de la campagne promotionnelle d\u0026rsquo;\u003cem\u003eImagine Ukraine\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":72,"name":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/021/large/1336123694.jpg?1350977612","poster_credits":null}},{"id":2782,"name":"Nikita Kadan / Нікіта Кадан","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/342/large/NikitaKadan.jpg?1465901332","poster_credits":null}},{"id":4605,"name":"Davyd Chychkan / Давид Чичкан","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/589/large/Davyd_Chychkan_portrait.jpeg?1651848273","poster_credits":"© Davyd Chychkan"}},{"id":4607,"name":"Nikolay  Karabinovych","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/451/large/Karabinovych_photo_by_Christopher_Pugmire-819x1024.jpeg?1651058737","poster_credits":"© Nikolay Karabinovych"}}],"items":[{"id":32157,"title":"Gelb Gelb, Blau Blau / Жовтий жовтий, синій синій","date_begin":"2014-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/119/large/Karabinovych_gelb_stills1.png?1653893773","poster_credits":"(c)Nikolay Karabinovych","actors":"Nikolay  Karabinovych"},{"id":32341,"title":"Palace of Pioneers / Палац Піонерів ","date_begin":"2021-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/084/532/large/KADAN_Imagine_Ukraine_2022_TEN_F00___1.jpg?1655217148","poster_credits":"© Nikita Kadan","actors":"Nikita Kadan / Нікіта Кадан"},{"id":32189,"title":"Alternative Hryvnias / Альтернативні гривні","date_begin":"2021-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/591/large/Davyd_Chychkan_025.jpeg?1651850297","poster_credits":"© Davyd Chychkan","actors":"Davyd Chychkan / Давид Чичкан"},{"id":32183,"title":"The Holiday of the Union of The Network of Social Revolution Groups and The Coordination of the Initiatives of the Emancipation of Labour №2 / Свято злуки Мережі гуртків соціальної революції та Координації ініціатив звільнення праці","date_begin":"2022-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/555/large/Davyd_Chychkan_016.jpeg?1651834532","poster_credits":"© Davyd Chychkan","actors":"Davyd Chychkan / Давид Чичкан"},{"id":32181,"title":"The Holiday of the Union of The Network of Social Revolution Groups and The Coordination of the Initiatives of the Emancipation of Labour / Свято злуки Мережі гуртків соціальної революції та Координації ініціатив звільнення праці","date_begin":"2022-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/552/large/Dayid_Chychkan_012.jpeg?1651833737","poster_credits":"© Davyd Chychkan","actors":"Davyd Chychkan / Давид Чичкан"},{"id":32179,"title":"Defenders for Real Ukraine and Ukraine of my Dream / Захисниця й захисник реальної та моєї уявної України","date_begin":"2022-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/547/large/Davyd_Chychkan_009.jpeg?1651832944","poster_credits":"© Davyd Chychkan","actors":"Davyd Chychkan / Давид Чичкан"},{"id":32174,"title":"Imaginary Ukraine. Trinity / Уявна Україна. Трійня","date_begin":"2022-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/541/large/Davyd_Chychkan_008.jpeg?1651830670","poster_credits":null,"actors":"Davyd Chychkan / Давид Чичкан"},{"id":32161,"title":"Володимир Зеленський. Відео трансляція «Це Україна: Захищаючи свободу», Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Венеція / Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Video streaming, This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Venice","date_begin":"2022-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/618/large/President_SUBTITLES.jpg?1652106184","poster_credits":"© Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Video streaming, This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Venice","actors":""},{"id":32158,"title":"Архітектурні вимірювання / Architectural Measurements","date_begin":"2022-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/083/934/large/Bratkov_2.png?1652972780","poster_credits":"© Sergey Bratkov","actors":"Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков"}]}