19.08.2012  TYZHDEN / Week of Contemporary Art in Lviv

• From August 31 through September 8, 2012 the city of Lviv in Ukraine will be hosting Lviv Biennale – Week of Contemporary Art. Organized by Dzyga Art Association this is the fourth ‘TYZHDEN’ (‘Tyzhden’ in Ukrainian means week) of contemporary art to be presented in the following categories: Installations, Objects, Multimedia, Performance, Exhibitions, Lectures, Panel discussions and debates, and Master classes. Title of the first Lviv Biennale is Uncertainty. Lviv Biennale ‘Tyzhden’ branded as “Venice Biennale of East and Central Europe” is a unique opportunity to experience contemporary art in this historic city founded in the 12th Century. Artworks will be featured in a number of venues within the Historic Centre, area part of the UNESCO World Heritage Programme. For example 16th century Gunpowder Warehouse (In Ukrainian ‘Porokhova Vezha’) will be open to art installations. Lviv Biennale ‘Tyzhden’ will present a number of curatorial projects involving artsts and curators from Ukraine, Poland, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, France, Great Britain, Venezuela, Canada and the USA. Envisioned by a group of young art enthusiasts, Lviv Biennale ‘Tyzhden’ aims to build acceptance of contemporary art by the greater audience, which is still attached to totalitarian art standards established by the former Soviet Union. Title of the first Lviv Biennale ‘Tyzhden’ 2012 – Uncertainty. Curators: Janusz Baldyga (Poland), Tamar Raban (Israel), Volodymyr Kaufman (Ukraine). Supported by: Development of Ukraine Rinat Akhmetov Foundation online at http://www.i3grants.org/en. Organizers: Institute of Contemporary Art, Dzyga Art Association, Polish Institute in Kyiv, Museum of Ideas, NGO ‘Virmenska 35’, Lviv City Council, Center for Urban History of East Central Europe. Partners: Lviv Palace of Arts, Lviv Architects’ Union of Ukraine, artfira.com. Venues: Dzyga Gallery, Viermenska Street 35, Museum of Ideas, Valova Street 18, Lviv Palace of Arts, Kopernika Street 17, IconArt Gallery, Virmenska Street 26, Photoclub 5x5, Koliivshchyny Square 2, Porokhova Vezha, Pidvalna Street 4 – Historical 16th century gunpowder warehouse. Partial list of participating artists: Kzrysztof Bernarski, Anton Solomoukha, Tiberiy Silvashi, Anatol Stepanenko, Oleksa Furdiyak, Daniil Galkin, Serhiy Petlyuk, Yaroslav Pershko, Jacek Jagielski, Bohdan Shmylovych, Taras Kotlyar, Oleh Perkovskyi, Denys Struk, Volodymyr Stetskovych, Vasyl Linde Krychevsky Jr., Vladyslav Bunin. Detailed information online at dzyga.com. Please send all inquiries to: dzygainfo@gmail.com