About
Can the practice of memory preservation be considered art? With this question, we invite you on May 11 to the opening of “In Memory of the One Who Keeps the Memory” – a new exhibition at the Jam Factory Art Center.
Designed by Kseniia Bilyk, the exhibition combines works from the 1950s to 2024. Among them are the reconstruction of the residence of the Lamakh family, videos by Anna Daučíková and Geta Brătescu, unique ceramic sculptures by Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnychenko, paintings by Kateryna Bilokur, and etchings by Pavlo Makov, as well as tapestries, drawings, textile, and glass objects by artists from Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine.
The prologue to the exhibition is the life and creative practice of Alina Lamakh, a Ukrainian artist known for her tapestries and her role as the compiler of the legendary The Book of Schemes, written by prominent Ukrainian Sixtier Valerii Lamakh. The story of Alina Lamakh, reinterpreted by curators Maria Lanko and Lizaveta German, prompts reflection on displaced identities, hidden lives, and (artistic) means of bringing them back to a common space. “In Memory of the One Who Keeps the Memory” also critically examines gender, national, and genre stereotypes and the hierarchies that dominate Ukrainian and world art.
Program
May 10
9:00-13:00 – opening hours of the art center
16:00 – pre-opening of the exhibition ‘In Memory of the One Who Keeps The Memory’ by invitations
May 11
13:00 – Artist talk “Congress of Weavers” & lunch сoffee (Novo1, no registration)
15:00 – Exhibition “In Memory of the One Who Keeps the Memory” – open door
16:00 – Opening of the exhibition “In Memory of the One Who Keeps the Memory”. Greetings from Harald Binder, Bozhena Pelenska, Tetyana Fedoruk, curators Lizaveta German and Maria Lanko
19:00 – Vinyl selection of Ukrainian music from Macka & Koshik melodiy
May 12 – September 8
Opening hours: TUE-FRI 12:00-20:00, SAT 11:00-20:00
Tickets: 200/100 UAH
Free: for children under 7 years old, people with disabilities, veterans, military personnel, students of the Academies of Arts, Trush College, and Lviv cultural studies departments.
During the opening, a charity fundraiser for the volunteer organization of the Cultural Shock will be held.
Team
Curators: Lizaveta German and Maria Lanko
Exhibition architect: Kseniia Bilyk
Artists: Alina Lamakh, Valerii Lamakh, Tereza Barabash, Mykhaylo Barabash, Library of Visual Phenomena (Olga Gaidash, Eugene Shimalsky), Ksenіia Bilyk, Kateryna Bilokur, Geta Brătescu, Anna Daučíková, Lucy Ivanova, Saodat Ismailova, Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Djumaliev, Alevtina Kakhidze, Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Pavlo Makov, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko (ARVM), Anastasiia Stefaniuk, Stanislav Turina, Bozhena Chagarova, Mark Chehodaiev.
More details about the exhibition via the link
See you at the opening!