Grounding. Invasion.

IZOLYATSIA announces an open call for applications for a virtual residency program for Ukrainian artists dedicated to the research of the environment in the industrial regions of Ukraine and the impact of the aggressive military intervention of the Russian Federation on it.Since 2019, the IZOLYATSIA Foundation has been working on the Grounding project, which explores the concept of the Anthropocene.The Anthropocene describes the geological epoch in which modern humanity is located and defines the latter as a central geological force that significantly changes the planet's atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.The first program of the project included 19 short-term residencies for artists and researchers in the city of Soledar in 2020-2021, as well as a series of educational events and an exhibition in Kyiv. In 2022, due to the full-scale invasion and occupation of Soledar, the program was transformed and relocated to Newcastle (UK), where Ukrainian artists had the opportunity to explore the context of the post-industrial territory of one of the prominent coal regions of England. This year, the program returns to Ukraine to re-examine the impact of the Anthropocene in the face of aggressive invasion and destruction.The online residency program Grounding. Invasion invites Ukrainian artists who work with any digital or analog media (sound, installation, photography, painting, video, research, etc.) and are ready to revise the consequences of aggressive military intervention, to pay attention to the ecological state of the country right now. The program will take place in an online educational and artistic format, consisting of a public discussion program with experts in the field of ecology and the post-industrial era, as well as an online residency during which four participants will develop their projects with curatorial and mentoring support. The program will result in an online presentation of art projects and their publication on the website. Curator: Liudmyla Nychai Project manager: Olena KayinskaEducational programme moderator: Karolina Uskakovych, UEHNThe Grounding.Invasion project is funded by the Stabilisation Fund for Culture and Education 2023 of the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe-Institut. Participants Darya Dantseva Dasha Podoltseva Volt Agapeyev Oleksandr Sirous Experts Darya Tsymbalyuk Oleksii Vasyliuk Oksana Semenik Denys Vyshnevskyi Anna Khvyl Svitlana Usychenko Anton Korchagin Olexiy Burkovskyy Volodymyr Kokhan Alexandra Clod Mykhailo Kulishov Projects Steppe deterritorialization Oleksandr Sirous Lost scapes: beach trip Dasha Podoltseva Feralli Volt Agapeev Where is my steppe? Dariia Dantseva Project resourcesPublic programmeApplication form Project updates Presentation of the online residency Grounding. Invasion results 14 December 2023 Post-industrial landscapes and post-war rebuilding 22 November 2023 War-wilding and Abandoned Landscapes 19 November 2023 Wetlands 10 November 2023 Nuclear landscape 10 November 2023 Grounding. Invasion public programme 8 November 2023 Public presentation Environmental consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 2 November 2023 Grounding. Invasion. An open call for applications for a virtual residency program for Ukrainian artists 30 September 2023 more Printed materials Feralli Where is my steppe? Подорож пляжу Video archive Loading