Five Evacuation Routes from the Palace Ukraine
#2 CULTURE – POWER – COMMERCE
On the 31st of December, a Russian rocket hit just about 100 meters next to Palace Ukraina, blowing up its facade and windows. Since then, the concerts happening at the Kyiv’s biggest venue have to follow new strict safety regulations. The attendances must rush to the nearby bomb shelter, the closest metro station, immediately after the air raid alarms go off.
A constant thread that follows you at every massive gathering is an unwanted suspense that comes with every ticket purchased in Ukraine nowadays.
Roman Khimei und Yarema Malashchuk (UKR)
Collaborating at the intersection of visual art and cinema since 2013, Kyiv-based artists and filmmakers, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk graduated as cinematographers from the Kyiv National Theatre, Cinema and Television University. Through their films and video installations, they explore the image of the crowd, as a separate character in history and culture. They were awarded the main award of the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020), VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize (2021). Their debut documentary feature “New Jerusalem” received the Special Mention Award at Kharkiv MeetDocs. Their video works are in collections of Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Frac Bretagne, and Fondazione In Between Art Film. Khimei and Malaschuk are members of the art group Prykarpattian Theater which is currently working on the project Theater of Hopes and Expectations.