Starting tomorrow, the temporary cultural space “Module of Temporality” (MOT) will open for all visitors on Hasyna Square in Lviv. It is a two-story building, made up of 27 modular containers, with an exhibition of works by 28 international and Ukrainian artists.
At first, the space worked for three months in Kyiv, and then went on a trip to Ukraine: Dnipro, Lutsk, Lviv.
“Lviv became the fourth and last city of Ukraine where the ILO came, but it is a special city for us. This project started in Lviv, because it was in Lviv that the first artistic performance was realized, which became one of the art objects of this space. But the fact that we brought the ILO to Lviv is the merit of the Lviv City Council, which, without investing any money, invested a lot of effort so that this project not only came here, but gave new life to the space on which it is located.” Dmytro Sobol, owner of the company don’t Take Fake and one of the organizers of the ILO space, said at the pre-opening.
“I remember how we met with the organizers for the first time on Hasin Square and thought about how to make it so that not only the ILO brought creative content, but also the space could help this project. I think it was very well done. On the other hand, your space also improved the square, because it allowed it to come to life in a new way. All this has its own special meaning and I am sure that it will attract the attention of many Lviv residents and guests of the city, so wait for the queue of visitors,” said Andriy Moskalenko, the first deputy mayor of Lviv.
What is the ILO?
MOT stands for “Module of Temporality”. The theme of both the project and the exhibition that will take place there is already included in the name – temporality. This is an attempt to record the fluidity of life and time in art, as well as to show its uncertainty and at the same time support the desire of all those who remain in Ukraine to continue living, creating and fighting.
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The task of MOT is to use art and culture to draw even more attention of the world to Ukraine and the cultural projects that are implemented in the country despite the war and travel to different regions.
What’s inside?
The basis of the “Module of Temporality” is an exhibition space, where an exposition with canvases, sculptures, installations and audiovisual works of 28 artists from 10 countries of the world is presented. Artists who plan their works 2 years in advance, left everything and created unique, special works for this project.
The curator of the exhibition was Fabrice Bousteau, a French art critic, curator and editor-in-chief of Beaux Arts magazine. Fabrice has worked on many contemporary art projects, including the Paris-Delhi-Bombay exhibition at the Center Georges Pompidou. He is also an advisor to the urban project Le Grand Paris, which aims to transform the region.
Famous names of the world art scene take part in the “Module of Temporality” exhibition. Ukrainians include Zhanna Kadyrova, Maria Kulikovska, Roman Minin, Oleksiy Kondakov, Oleksiy Sai, Nikita Kravtsov, Volodymyr Manzhos (WAONE). International artists include French artists JR and Zevs, street art artist Vhils, the author of the Kyiv mural depicting Serhiy Nigoyan, American sculptor Mark Jenkins, South Korean multidisciplinary artist KIMSOOJA, Indian avant-garde artist Subodh Gupta, and Los Angeles artist Cleon Peterson. Especially for the Ukrainian exhibition, the Spanish visual artist Pablo Valbuena is preparing a work together with the Ukrainian poets Ostap Slyvinskyi, Iryna Tsylyk and Lyuba Yakymchuk. Also, a new audiovisual project shot in the Chernobyl zone presents the New York duo “Soundwalk Collective”, a poem for which was written and read by the legendary Patti Smith.
The full list of participants can be found on the website of the space https://moduleoftemporality.com/
In addition, for the period of its operation, the ILO will become a site for film screenings. Performances, lectures and discussions will also take place here.
What is all this for?
The purpose of MOT is not only to draw attention to cultural processes in Ukraine, but also to help restore cultural objects damaged or destroyed as a result of Russian aggression.
How does it work? Organizers accumulate funds from the sale of tickets, as well as all profits from the gift store and money raised from the auction as a separate cash fund. 100% of these funds will be transferred to the reconstruction of Ukrainian art institutions, monuments and museums, without spending resources on operational costs. Thus, everyone who buys a ticket, anything in the gift store or participates in the auction will automatically contribute to replenishing the fund and help in the restoration of culture.
The number of projects that the team will be able to support will depend on the final amount collected and the urgent needs of the institutions at the time of collection completion.
How to get there?
The MOT will open on September 8 and will be open seven days a week from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekends.
Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis. The recommended ticket price is 200 hryvnias. However, each visitor can choose a larger or smaller amount if desired.