Ukraine, Ukraine Encounters, 2024, in Berlin
Vova
Vorotniov
Vova Vorotniov (born in 1979 in Červonohrad, USSR) is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist. He works with walking practices, psychogeography, photography, ethnography, cultural heritage, sport and vandalism.
In 2017, as part of the “ZaSkhid” (“ЗаСхід”) project, Vorotniov took a piece of coal from the mine in his hometown in western Ukraine and brought it to Lysychansk, a historic mining centre in Donbass. The artist walked the distance of almost 1000 km and donated the coal to the local museum after his month-long journey. He is a member of the De Ne De initiative, which focuses on research into Ukrainian Soviet-era art and architecture. Vorotniov often collaborates with Ukrainian fashion designers and runs his own clothing project, Volodia Samopal.
Vova Vorotniov is a short-term fellow with the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program and will present his work on July 25, 2024, at the daadgalerie as part of the public program of A Time in Pieces, the Kyiv Perennial – the Berlin edition of the 5th Kyiv Biennal.
