Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

Two parallel stories in post-full scale invasion Ukraine. Oksana is a psychologist and dance teacher at the Centre for Creativity, a community space in Kosiv, west Ukraine, now repurposed as a hub for volunteers to make soup, salo and camouflage nets for the front lines. Margarita is an artist and volunteer medic, working to evacuate wounded soldiers, civilians and animals, while still maintaining her practice as a painter. A meditation on resistance, the role of art in extreme times, and the ways in which people relate to or make sense of the war.

The collaborative practice of Marta Hryniuk and Nick Thomas is devoted to the radical potential of film and video, paying close attention to themes of collectivity, a subjective relation to history, and possibilities for resistance. They seek out places and subjects which offer insights into ways of living ‘otherwise’, opening up questions around freedom, agency and solidarity. They are interested in the utopian social projects of the twentieth century and their legacies, feminist and migration histories, and the ways in which individuals embody and respond to historical forces. Their work often takes the form of portraiture; collaborating with individuals and small groups allows the artists to think about broader themes while embracing subjectivity, tactility and embodied knowledge.