ABOUT THE SPECTACLE
Dozens of people in the hall, their eyes fixed on the center. Their gaze follows every move. It is watchful, thirsty, and judgmental, because it knows who it is here for.
The square circle is a defined boundary within which physical confrontation becomes an accepted form of public spectacle. Everything that happens here has the potential to become significant. Even the slightest movement of a hand, a shift in position, or a glance can provoke a reaction. One of the greatest pleasures lies in the impossibility of predicting exactly what will happen. This boundary determines where one can move, for how long, who has the right to intervene, who wins and who loses. But what does it mean to win, to be defeated, to be a winner? It is painful, shameful, frightening, sad, lonely, pleasurable, joyful. It means being the center of attention and being different. And in the end, regardless of the outcome, both find themselves outside the game.
The audience shouts, applauds, boos; it expresses its expectations—and then leaves.
You will smell cheap, worn-out rubber and sweat, taste the gold medal, and see far more than the commentator’s eyes can reveal.
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ABOUT DISPOSABLE COLLECTIVE
“Disposable Collective 1/2026” is a group of artists from different disciplines working at Jam Factory Art Center throughout 2026. Over six months, the participants jointly developed the concept of a performance, explored themes, tested formats, and organized their own public events. The result of this work is “Square Circle,” a performance that the collective will premiere at Jam Factory Art Center on November 13–14.
The program was created in response to the need for independent artists to have space, time, and resources for experimentation, shared thinking, and long-term work. Unlike typical short-term projects that bring together performance and theatre teams for just a few weeks of production, Disposable Collective allows for a longer process of collaboration. This gives participants the opportunity to get to know one another, find common ground, and develop shared themes and working methods.
The first Disposable Collective is co-created by Anna Nykytiuk, Yaryna Shumka, Kateryna Pokora, and Yurii Shtaida.
Program curator: Liuba Ilnytska.
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DETAILS
- Date and time: November 13 and 14, 2026, at 19:00
- Location: Jam Factory Art Center, 124 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Novo1 Hall
- Tickets: Full-price ticket — 350 UAH
- Discounted ticket — 175 UAH (50% discount for school pupils, students of any higher education institution, and internally displaced persons (IDPs)).
Free admission (10 seats) by registration for:
– students of Theatre Arts programs
– pensioners
– veterans
– military personnel
*Please present a document confirming eligibility at the entrance.
Team
Creators and Performers:
Yaryna Shumska, Anna Nykytiuk, Yurii Shtaida, Kateryna Pokora
Dramaturgy Consultant: Anastasiia Kosodii
Composer: Alona KOMA
Set Designers: Kateryna Pokora, Anna Nykytiuk
Lighting Designer: Serhii Klymets
Production Manager: Vlad Bilonenko
CREATORS OF THE SPECTACLE AND PERFORMERS
KATERYNA POKORA
Artist from Kremenchuk, currently living and working in Lviv. In her practice, she explores the relationship between humans and the environment, focusing on interdependence and vulnerability. Through her work, she seeks to outline possibilities for coexistence based on an awareness of humanity’s inseparable involvement in the fabric of life.
She works across various media, including installation, objects, photography, and graphic art. She graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts with degrees in Contemporary Art Practices (2024) and Monumental Painting (2023). She also studied at the Textile and Fiber Art Studio at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań (2022).
YURII SHTAIDA
Multidisciplinary artist working with performance, sound art, electronic music, stand-up comedy, and site-specific projects. Born in Kharkiv in 1976, he studied puppet theatre and animation directing at Kharkiv State University of Arts. His practice combines different media and experiments with forms of interaction with space and audiences. He currently lives and works in Lviv.
YARYNA SHUMSKA
Interdisciplinary artist, performer, and curator. Her practice combines performance, painting, objects, and site-specific installation. She explores the concept of presence through the lens of absence and loss, using the physical body as a visual sign of communication.
She is a recipient of the Gaude Polonia scholarship from Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and has participated in the I-Portunus and Magic Carpets mobility programs, as well as the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation scholarship program.
She combines artistic practice with teaching. She is a co-founder of the Department of Contemporary Art Practices at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, co-curator of the School of Performance (2019), the Performance Archive Ukraine (2021), and the international Performance Days Festival in Lviv, organized in collaboration with the Czech FNAF (2024–2025).
She has presented projects at major platforms across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including the Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF), the Belfast International Festival of Performance Art (BIFPA), Arctic Action, and Venice International Performance Art Week.
ANNA NYKYTIUK
Artist, photographer, stop-motion set designer, and exhibition curator from Khmelnytskyi. She studied Monumental Painting at the Lviv National Academy of Arts.
Her artistic practice engages with personal experience and the search for commonality. She explores themes of private and collective trauma, memory, and commemoration, working with everyday gestures of remembering, domesticity, privacy, and vernacular culture.
Anna is a co-author of the project “Situational Flowerbeds,” which creates spaces of collective memory through planting flowerbeds in public spaces. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, including “Nicht Lemberg” (Frankfurt, 2024), “Looking into the Gaps II” (artsvit, dniproccc, 2025), “It’s Only the End of the World” (Pinchuk Art Centre, 2025), and the NOT FOR SALE Pavilion at EXPO 2025 in Osaka.