Results of the Open Call for the “Heritage. Space for Work” Residency Programme
IZOLYATSIA Foundation congratulates the winners of the program Heritage. Hands-On Work. They will take part in residencies in Poltava, hosted at the IDP support centers “MyRazom” of the Kramatorsk District Administration, and in Kamianske (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Dnipro, at the IDP Support Center “Soledar Road Home” of the Soledar Municipal Territorial Community.
Residents traveling to Poltava:
- Bohdana Korohod, project “Humanitarian Aid”
- Dasha Podoltseva in collaboration with Oleksii Shmurak, project “Museum of Forgetting: the Legacy of Kramatorsk District”
Residents traveling to Kamianske and Dnipro:
- Oleksandra Klod, project “Ripples on Water”
- Roksolana Dudka, project “Reflection”
Bohdana Korohod
Project: “Humanitarian Aid”
Bohdana Korohod is an artist working with literature and audiovisual art. Her works explore emotional landscapes of cities and the embodied memory of everyday life. From 2020 to 2023, she worked as a curator and playwright in contemporary theater in Tallinn, Estonia, curating the book project “Kausaal” and the art online radio “elektron.signal.”
The project “Humanitarian Aid” is a collective audiovisual installation integrating ceramic objects created by community members and the artist, evoking memories of Donetsk region. The project aims to broaden the concept of “aid” beyond material support, embracing cultural forms such as stories, traditions, and words, which provide humanitarian support to society at large.
Dasha Podoltseva in collaboration with Oleksii Shmurak
Project: “Museum of Forgetting: the Legacy of Kramatorsk District”
Dasha Podoltseva is a visual artist and graphic designer from Kyiv. She is the co-founder of the SERIA__ project, dedicated to mass housing architecture. In addition to creating installations and graphic works, Dasha curates exhibitions, holds workshops, and teaches.
Oleksii Shmurak is a composer, sound artist, and lecturer. As a composer, he works in contemporary classical, electronic, and experimental music formats. He creates music for films and dance performances. As a lecturer, he explores the relationship between music, the body, and the political and technological evolution.
The project “Museum of Forgetting: the Legacy of Kramatorsk District” is part of a research and audiovisual installation series called “Museum of Forgetting.” It lies at the intersection of urban and cultural studies, participatory artistic practices, music, and design. Using visual and auditory analogies and metaphors, the project uncovers the nuances and distinctions between desired and unwanted, personal and collective, voluntary and forced forgetting.
Oleksandra Klod
Project: “Ripples on Water”
Oleksandra Klod is an interdisciplinary artist, psychologist, and researcher who works with photography, video, and installations. In her practice, she explores emotions, memory, and borders in postcolonial societies. Originally from Donetsk, Oleksandra also examines themes of industrial heritage, ecological crisis, and the relationship between humans and land.
The project "Ripples on Water" is a series of participatory photo workshops for internally displaced women in Kamianske, culminating in a photo exhibition and the creation of a photobook.
Participants will take part in photographic exercises exploring themes of emotions, identity, origins, and memory. Work with family albums will also be conducted. Additionally, to expand the historical context, archival and documentary photographs from enterprises in the participants' hometowns, where they or their families once worked, will be incorporated.
Roksolana Dudka
Project: "Reflections"
Roksolana Dudka is a multidisciplinary artist, Doctor of Philosophy in Design, PhD in Art Studies, and Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Design at Lutsk National Technical University. She works with painting and ceramics (small-scale sculpture), creates installations and projects in public spaces, VR/AR and VIDEO ART, and practices participatory art practices and curatorial work.
The project "Reflections" is an immersive digital experience (VR space) in the format of a walk through a city filled with digitized memory objects. These objects are created from air-dry clay during creative workshops together with people for whom this city is part of their personal history, and are supplemented with materials from personal and official archives.
The project offers an opportunity to "return" to the city in a safe way – through memory, image, meaning, and collective reconstruction, where private memories come together into a shared space.
The project HERITAGE. Space for work is a joint initiative for local cultural actors in Ukraine. It focuses on rethinking cultural heritage and strengthening social cohesion. The programme provides mentoring support and grants to help communities overcome challenges caused by the war and create new cultural products.
The capacity building and networking programme for local cultural actors HERITAGE. Space for work is supported by the “Partnership for a Strong Ukraine” (PFRU) Programme, funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, Estonia, Canada, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden. The aim of the Programme is to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience in the face of Russian aggression by providing critical support to local communities in cooperation with Ukrainian state authorities, civil society, media, and the private sector