Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:21:23 +0100
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Subject: Statement from the curators: ‘The School of Kyiv‘
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tranzit.at/‘The School of Kyiv‘ - Statement from the
curators
‘The School of Kyiv‘. The Biennale 2015 in Kyiv will
take place despite the withdrawal of Mystetsky Arsenal
Dear friends,
Mysteskyi Arsenal has unilaterally withdrawn as an organiser of the 2nd Kyiv
Biennale, under the title ‘The School of Kyiv‘. This decision was taken without
any warning and unexpectedly interrupts a project that involves artists,
intellectuals, civil society initiatives and institutions in Ukraine, Europe
and beyond. These groups and individuals dedicated their work to an initiative
trying to create a space of reflection beyond the logics of the actual
conflicts.
Under present political conditions in Ukraine, after the revolution of Maidan
and when the country is at war, the political potential of art is needed today
more than ever before. The fundamental role of art as a reflexive instrument is
to challenge the present political context defined by the armed conflict in
Ukraine.
The biennale is an open project, which society has a deep need for, aimed at
creating a public framework, a space where civil society will be able to
reflect on its threatened conditions by means of art and knowledge.
We, together with institutions and initiatives in Kyiv, the Ukraine and Europe,
have decided to go ahead with the biennale project, after one and a half years
of intense collaboration and exchange, without the support of Mysteskyi
Arsenal. ‘The School of Kyiv‘ will take place this year as planned!
The project will be realised by the curators in close collaboration with a wide
range of artistic and civil society organizations.
Hedwig Saxenhuber & Georg Schöllhammer
Curators
More information will be given at a press conference and in a press release in
April in Kyiv.
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