Serge Klymko
area: Curator, Theory
Key Facts
nationality
Ukrainearea
Curator, Theoryrecommending institution
tranzit.org / ERSTE Foundationtime period
January 2023 - February 2023Over the last 10 years Serge Klymko has been a practiсing curator, cultural manager, researcher and writer working on the intersection of visual and performative art, music and planetary research. He has curated a number of cultural and art projects in Barcelona, Geneva, Karlsruhe, Kyiv, Malmo, Prague, Riga, Tbilisi, Vienna and Warsaw working with a wide range of artists and theoreticians. Serge is a managing director of Kyiv Biennial - an international forum for art, knowledge, and politics that integrates exhibitions and discussion platforms. Since 2015, Serge is a founder and curator of Khashi interdisciplinary space for performative arts and urban ecosystems research. In March 2022 he founded ESI - Emergency Support Initiative for the members of the artistic and cultural community in Ukraine finding themselves in need. Its main goal is to support people remaining in the country and to provide them with immediate financial relief under the conditions of occupation and/or relocation.
In the course of the residency I would like to work on and develop further the Solidarity Screenings program. It is a series of screenings of video art and documentary footage created in Ukraine after February 24 of 2022, giving a raw and immediate insight into the current situation in Ukraine as well as filmmakers’ current practices. Providing an intimate portrayal of people caught amidst the war, occupation and forced migration, a series of video works from Ukraine offers raw and immediate insights into the filmmakers’ current practices under the terrible circumstances. The works show the ordinary life of people that changed overnight, when millions of peaceful citizens became victims, spectators and participants of the full scale warfare, humanitarian crisis, volunteer movements, migration and resistance. Made to preserve and develop the evidence, reflections and feelings, all of the video works have been created by visual artists based in Ukraine after the start of the russian invasion.