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FAREWELL TO ARMS!
24.02.2015 @ 5:00 pm - 14.03.2015 @ 6:00 pm
Irina Ilyinskaya & Mikho Nikipelov-Kontorovich
painting, photography, objects, video
painting, photography, objects, video
“82-BM, SHRAPNEL, RPG-26, etc…”
Just a year ago, none of us knew what these abbreviations stood for. And even less could anyone have imagined that THIS might look like art objects. All of this could be called “the debris of war”, but still — “FAREWELL TO ARMS…”. Nepalese artists create art objects from everyday waste collected on the slopes of the great Everest. We have our own EVEREST, which seems to have broken apart into numerous small slag heaps, and removing the debris from them is just as difficult as collecting it from the world’s highest peak. The risk is just as deadly — there, you can suddenly be battered by hail, while here, 200 km from Kharkiv, you can be hit by “Grads” (such a sad play on words). But clearing the land of debris is vitally necessary!
Just a year ago, none of us knew what these abbreviations stood for. And even less could anyone have imagined that THIS might look like art objects. All of this could be called “the debris of war”, but still — “FAREWELL TO ARMS…”. Nepalese artists create art objects from everyday waste collected on the slopes of the great Everest. We have our own EVEREST, which seems to have broken apart into numerous small slag heaps, and removing the debris from them is just as difficult as collecting it from the world’s highest peak. The risk is just as deadly — there, you can suddenly be battered by hail, while here, 200 km from Kharkiv, you can be hit by “Grads” (such a sad play on words). But clearing the land of debris is vitally necessary!