Art Wednesday: Yana Bachynska
On March 11, Yana Bachinska will talk about her artistic practice and worldview. Yana is a young artist from Lviv, lives and works in Lviv, Kyiv, Katowice.
Got education at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin, Multimedia Department, Master of Arts, also received a Master's degree in Philosophy at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,
Yana was a co-founder and coordinator of the Youth public organization Art Platform (2009-2012), and also worked as a senior researcher at the Museum of the History of Kyiv.
In her practice, Yana is fascinated by the discrepancy between the apropriate and existing through video, installation, less often performance and drawing.
This Art Wednesday will be hold as a part of Coming Out of Isolation 2.0, a residency aimed at the elimination of discrimination, xenophobia and prejudice towards members of the LGBT+ community in Ukraine.
Starts at 7:00 PM
Free entry
Address: IZONE, 8 Naberezhno-Lugova, 4th floor, studio 2
Art Wednesday is a series of events by IZOLYATSIA. The project aims to create relaxed atmosphere of communication for creative people. The format of the event is determined by the participants themselves: it can be a presentation, an exhibition, a film show, a performance, a lecture or a discussion. Art Wednesday was initiated in order to provide space for creative people to present various artistic practice and share information about current research, ideas and events.
Сoming out of Іsolation 2.0 — a long-term project created in collaboration IZOLYATSIA with KyivPride and supported by Human Rights Fund 2019.
The project consists of several stages: one month residency; pitching of projects created within the residence; determining the winners, which will receive small grants amounting to 50 thousand hryvnias for implementation of their projects. In addition, during the residency, workshops and lectures for the residents and/or a broader public audience will be conducted by invited lecturers.
During summer — autumn 2020 video works will be presented in regions of Ukraine and will be included to Gurtobus and Kyiv PrideWeek (in Ukrainian — PrideTyzhden) programs.