ProjectMay 16, 2022
“Imagine Ukraine” is a three-part project supporting the Ukrainian Cultural front
The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine), Victor Pinchuk Foundation, and M HKA (Antwerp, Belgium), in partnership with Bozar (Brussels, Belgium), the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium), and the Office of the President of Ukraine, present Imagine Ukraine, a three-part project continuing the cultural front against Russia’s war in Ukraine, the idea launched by the PinchukArtCentre during the 59th Venice Biennale.
Imagine Ukraine is an ambitious project that aims to reach out beyond the immediate urgencies, however pressing those continue to be. It wants to open up to more extensive reflection and the longer-term perspective needed for the future. The Flemish Community is supporting the project. The project is launched through three exhibitions, starting from the works of Ukrainian artists in the collection of the Flemish Community, presented at M HKA Imagine Ukraine-Art as a Critical Attitude (May 6-August 21, 2022), Bozar Council Room Imagine Ukraine-Small and Big Stories (May 6-June 21, 2022), and Parlamentarium of the European Parliament The Artist as a Witness (May 6-September 30, 2022).
These are the starting points to think about the past, present, and future of Ukraine as a part of Europe. In the European Parliament, think of the artist as a witness; in Bozar, the tension between big narratives and the reality of human lives, and in M HKA art as a critical mind. That space will be furthered by reflective materials on Ukraine, brought together by the PinchukArtCentre, and by a series of events: lectures, debates, film screenings, and other activities by each of the partners (the program will be announced on the website). Jointly with the artistic proposals, this creates a reflective platform that will also take the form of a website, built by M HKA and jointly developed by M HKA and PinchukArtCentre.
The website will be in English, Dutch, French, and Ukrainian. It will initially serve as a context for the exhibitions. In a second instance, it will make the materials of the exhibitions and public events accessible to a wider audience. In a third instance, it wants to make space for the broader solutions we search for and find as a society.
The exhibitions are curated by Bart De Baere, Director of M KHA, and Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre.
For more information, visit: IMAGINE UKRAINE (ensembles.org)
Imagine Ukraine is an ambitious project that aims to reach out beyond the immediate urgencies, however pressing those continue to be. It wants to open up to more extensive reflection and the longer-term perspective needed for the future. The Flemish Community is supporting the project. The project is launched through three exhibitions, starting from the works of Ukrainian artists in the collection of the Flemish Community, presented at M HKA Imagine Ukraine-Art as a Critical Attitude (May 6-August 21, 2022), Bozar Council Room Imagine Ukraine-Small and Big Stories (May 6-June 21, 2022), and Parlamentarium of the European Parliament The Artist as a Witness (May 6-September 30, 2022).
These are the starting points to think about the past, present, and future of Ukraine as a part of Europe. In the European Parliament, think of the artist as a witness; in Bozar, the tension between big narratives and the reality of human lives, and in M HKA art as a critical mind. That space will be furthered by reflective materials on Ukraine, brought together by the PinchukArtCentre, and by a series of events: lectures, debates, film screenings, and other activities by each of the partners (the program will be announced on the website). Jointly with the artistic proposals, this creates a reflective platform that will also take the form of a website, built by M HKA and jointly developed by M HKA and PinchukArtCentre.
The website will be in English, Dutch, French, and Ukrainian. It will initially serve as a context for the exhibitions. In a second instance, it will make the materials of the exhibitions and public events accessible to a wider audience. In a third instance, it wants to make space for the broader solutions we search for and find as a society.
The exhibitions are curated by Bart De Baere, Director of M KHA, and Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre.
For more information, visit: IMAGINE UKRAINE (ensembles.org)
