GARAGE33: для мистецтва, яке безкомпромісно скидається на маргінес та залишається поза офіційним дискурсом. У нас відсутні будь-які симптоми ієрархії, ми говоримо на рівних, показуємо мистецтво відомих та визнаних разом з мистецтвом малознаних та недооцінених.
What is the “conflict”? Is it the horror of the war and occupation with their depression, frustration, fears, phobias, and a lack of understanding of “what is next and how to go on”?
Is it the unprocessed internal “conflict” left by parents and still cultivated by an unequal patriarchal society? Is it the control and strengthening of state borders? Is it the chaos of lies and hypocrisy, the irresponsibility of power, and the endless control of their “subordinates”?
Can an artist from Kyiv/Stockholm/London/the United States/a small town in Crimea – in the between of borders/Mexico/Hong Kong/Aleppo/Tehran/... – identify themselves as a body of art of the “conflict”? Does the artist necessarily need to live in a conflict zone to have the right to talk about the “conflict”? And if they are from “there”, must they speak only about “conflict” in their art? Maybe it is the lack of voices of otherness? And what about sexuality?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
We are in the conflict. We are from the conflict. We are the conflict.
We still have feelings, and through them we will humanise society. And yes – we are special, different, we are the others.
Raising the question of what a “conflict” is, and giving a voice to talented and unique, still unknown and marginalised “others”, as well as to internationally established artists, we created the first gallery-shelter Garage33, which is located in a beautiful park, in the heart of an almost forgotten, old and the poorest working-class district of the capital of Ukraine – near the Syrets metro station (just two stops from the Old Town), among one of the first garage cooperatives in Kyiv.
We deliberately decided not to build or develop our gallery space somewhere in the rich city centre, but followed the tradition of global practices of the most advanced and independent galleries and art centres, which once began on the sidelines, among garages and lofts, for socio-cultural transformations.
IS AN INTERNATIONAL ART SPACE?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS A DEMOCRATIC ART SPACE
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS AN INDEPENDENT ART SPACE?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS A HYBRID ART SPACE?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS AN EXPERIMENTAL NON-BINARY ART SPACE?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS A SHELTER FOR THE ARTISTS, WHERE NO ONE WILL CONDEMN THEM?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS A PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION AND
AWARENESS-RAISING?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
IS A PLACE FOR PRESENTATION OF A TRUE
PURE ACT OF ART?
We are a platform for the free speech of those who have no voice, from whom it was taken away, or those who lost it. But our voices are different from the standard populist “convenient” voices of the power of the privileged. We are the knife that dissects the irresponsibility and absurdity of the consumer society.
OLEH VINNICHENKO
Co-Founder, CEO, Producer
Zavodske → Kyiv / London
Oleh is an engineer-architect, inventor and entrepreneur. He has more than 20 years of experience in the architecture and development of innovative building materials and structures. He is the founder of the experimental architecture studio "Basis" LLC. Since the 8th of March 2017, he has been collaborating with Maria Kulikovska in all of her sculptural, performative, and architectural projects. Currently, Oleh is based in London, working internationally.
MARIA KULIKOVSKA
Co-Founder, Art Director, Curator
Kerch → Kyiv / London
Maria is a multimedia artist, architect, actionist-performer, researcher, and lecturer in the double-exile after 24th February 2022. She was born and grew up in Kerch on the edge of the Crimea peninsula, where she did not return since the illegal annexation of the peninsula by russia in February 2014. Since that time she was living in Kyiv and working internationally. The artist explores the transformation of her own body, researching the vulnerability of the body towards war, power and borders, and actively creates preconditions for feminist and queer discourses.
SVIATOSLAV MYKHAILOV
Art Manager
Luhansk → Kyiv
Cultural project manager and curator with over six years of experience in the cultural sector. Successfully managed and delivered more than 100 cultural events, including exhibitions, festivals, and lectures in Ukraine and abroad (France, Portugal, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Canada).
This is where interaction begins. You can contact us regarding exhibitions, publications, collaborations, residencies, or any proposal that pushes beyond the expected. We respond to messages as soon as we can — always attentively.
GARAGE33. GALLERY-SHELTER
Independent Art Space & G33.Concept Store
email: garage33galleryshelter@gmail.com
INST fb youtube
