VISA TAI – ORO AKROBATIKA
BEING TEMPORARY IS TEMPORARY ART
This time we are interviewing the Ukrainian-born artist Ksenia Buryka (Ksenia Buryk), whose creative field is wide and rich: starting with visual ways of self-expression, ending with aerial arts (for example, aerial acrobatics). Ksenia has been creating in Klaipėda for some time, and recently became a participant in the art residency project initiated by KKKC. Currently, the artist creates using “temporary materials”, from which fragile objects are born, reminding us of the transience of our existence. Reminding that all that we call life and dreams are just aerial acrobatics.
Hi Ksenia. How would you introduce yourself to the readers? What field of art is your field? Maybe you couldn’t identify one area, because judging by your social media profile, your artistic interests range from painting to aerial acrobatics?
Hello, Zydrūn. I could introduce myself as an interdisciplinary artist working with various media, visual and performative art, contemporary circus (aerial art) and theater.
By the way, I wonder how you ended up at KKKC? As I understand it, you are already officially a KKKC art resident. Greetings! Maybe you can present what kind of educations (art workshops) you plan to organize for Klaipėda residents?
Maybe you can briefly introduce what things you plan to do as a KKKC resident? What will you try to design and create? I know you have an idea for a sculpture? Should this piece crown the entire residency?
I am currently creating a sculpture from starch-based bioplastic. This sculpture is a synthesis of the pre-war past and the landscapes that surround me today. I rethink these landscapes and create a fragile object that has links to children’s play “above ground”. This piece will be part of a series of works that will in a sense sum up my residency period, but will also be part of an even more general process.
How do you rate KKKC overall? What prompted the collaboration, for example, to participate in the art residency selection?
This center offers great opportunities for artists.
Maybe you can tell the readers how you got to know Klaipėda? Have you been living and creating here for a long time? What would you like to say about the city and the people?
I chose this location because I believe that being by the sea has a positive effect on mental health. Klaipėda seems to me a calm and cozy place.
It seems that February 24 has passed quite recently, marking the beginning of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. What would you like to reflect on this topic? Is the latter topic too painful and sensitive for you, as creators, to talk about it in your works? Apparently, creative ideas also change in the face of war, does the desire to create something change? Perhaps there is apathy, a feeling of hopelessness? On the contrary, does it inspire you for new creations?
I would be inclined to call it a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is a great trauma for my nation. The best and bravest people go to fight the aggressor. I can only ask you to help Ukraine, because if we do not stop Russia, it will start a war against neighboring countries. All Ukrainian art is now related to the war, because the artist is a political person. I am alive and like everyone else I have different feelings. I can say that I understood an important thing: people who do not have the experience of war will never fully understand those who have faced it. Like many Ukrainians, I do not postpone things for a later time, because “later” may not be.
Perhaps, taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, you would like to say something additional, remember, thank?
I want to thank KKKC for the support and opportunities provided. I also want to thank Lithuanians who help Ukrainians in Lithuania and Ukraine. Thanks for the interview, Žydrūnas.
Thank you Ksenia
“Meno priimamasis” invites you to support a young artist from Ukraine and come to the KKKC Exhibition Hall (Didžioji Vandens st. 2, Klaipėda), where one of the artist’s works, the art installation “Dream Manifestation”, is exhibited. This installation the artist tried to create a world where dreams become visible, touchable, material. The installation can be seen at the KKKC Exhibition Hall from March 6 to 24.
Working hours of the KKKC Exhibition Hall (Dižioji Vandens st. 2, Klaipėda): Wednesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (closed on public holidays). Photographs and videos can be taken during events and educations. We inform you that the participants may be seen in the photos and videos of the event published in various media. More information: www.kkkc.lt and www.kulturpolis.lt.
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– 2024-03-28 18:05:39
