Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

The main heroes of the film are the young people from Kharkiv, a city located in the Eastern part of Ukraine. Reaching their early twenties coincided with the breakout of the war in the neighbouring region of Donbass. An LGBT activist and poet, a fashion model, a group of street artists, a creator of a computer game – all of them are artists or working in the creative industries, typical for a peaceful life of a big city. However, the proximity to the war affects each of the characters and their activities. Heroes react and reflect political events through their specific relationships with the urban space and the reality of the social media.

Mykola Ridnyi was born 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine. He graduated in 2008 from the National Academy of design and arts in Kharkiv. In 2005 - 2012 he has working within the art collective SOSka group. Ridnyi works across media ranging from experimental films to site-specific installations. In recent films he experiments with nonlinear montage, collage of documentary and fiction. His way of reflection social and political reality draws on the contrast between fragility and resilience of individual stories and collective histories. He participated in a numerous international exhibitions and film festivals. Among them is 56-th Vienice biennale “All The World Future’s”, curated by Okwui Enwezor. His films and mixed media works are in the permanent public collections of Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Arsenal City Gallery in Bialystok, V-A-C foundation in Moscow and others.