Vova Vorotniov
Vova Vorotniov (born in 1979 in Červonohrad, USSR). Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist currently based in Berlin. Works with walking practices, psychogeography, photography, ethnography, cultural heritage, sport and vandalism. In 2017, as part of the “ZaSkhid” (“ЗаСхід”) project, Vorotniov took a piece of coal from the mine in his hometown in western Ukraine and brought it to Lysychansk, a historic mining centre in Donbass. The artist walked the distance of almost 1000 km and donated the coal to the local museum after his month-long journey. He is a member of the De Ne De initiative, which focuses on research into Ukrainian Soviet-era art and architecture. Vorotniov often collaborates with Ukrainian fashion designers and runs his own clothing project, Volodia Samopal.
Monument to the 30 Years of Independence
2021,
Bricks, 120 x 110 x 85 cm
A pile of bricks – a common feature that an attentive observer will spot in a typical Ukrainian rural or suburban landscape – acts as a kind of entry-level investment. A would-be house, a garage, an outbuilding timelessly wait for a better day in the backyard. In the limbo of fantasy, these backyard bricks guarantee serenity to their owners. Carefully covered with slate or moss, such piles serve as monuments to a future that, with each passing year, has fewer and fewer chances of materialising.
Between Bridges, daadgalerie
May 24–July 27
A Time in Pieces
Curated by Serge Klymko and Viktor Neumann