EVENT LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / UKRAINIAN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

An event organized by the AIL together with the Office Ukraine in cooperation with the Kyiv Biennale and Asortymentna Kymnata.

“What Remains, What Disappears” is an evening of conversations at AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, hosted by Office Ukraine. Ukrainian curators, artists, and researchers will explore exhibition making amidst war, endangered archives, and the role of art as witness.

The first discussion introduces Everything for Everybody, developed by the Dnipro Center for Contemporary Culture for the 2025 Kyiv Biennale. Drawing on the Franki Raffles Photography Collection (University of St Andrews) and Mykola Bilokon’s archive (Pokrovsk Museum), the exhibition reflects on threatened heritage and displaced memory in eastern Ukraine.

The second conversation, Do Toads Sing in the Walls?, presents a curatorial dialogue between frontline and civilian artists by Asortymentna Kymnata (Ivano-Frankivsk). Curators Olga Poliak and Alona Karavai will share visual materials and discuss the context of the works brought to Vienna. Guest speaker Klementyna Kvindt, drone operator, poet, and ornithologist, will join via Zoom.

The evening will end with a live sound performance by Ukrainian media artist and musician Anton Lapov.

The event is part of a broader program initiated by Office Ukraine Vienna / tranzit.at in collaboration with the Kyiv Biennale and Asortymentna Kymnata, supported by ERSTE Foundation.