audiowalks

How to remember the events you want to forget? ____How to tell stories you wish to keep silent about?____How to ask questions you are afraid to hear answers to? ____What is the role of sound and silence in resistance to violence, the search for justice and our attempt to be together?

The audiowalk was created for a journey through the dunes of The Hague. It encompasses personal memories, the historical memory of the place, and reflections on the concept of a city of peace and justice. The work was made in collaboration with a theater director Piotr Armianovski. 

This work explores the perception of time in moments of uncertainty. It was specifically created for Nezalezhnosti Street, also known as 'Stometrivka,' in Ivano-Frankivsk. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the street has been lined with long rows of portraits of fallen soldiers, alongside busy restaurant tables. This juxtaposition of the city routine and a sense of timelessness seemed to embody the very life we live on the periphery of war. Our efforts to maintain faith in both temporality and eternity are no longer contradictory.

The walk consists of audio interweaving a choir and snippets of conversation. The choral composition mimics the rhythm of 'everydayness,' where nothing changes, yet everything is different. The composition was based on the Ukrainian song, recorded at the funeral of my friend Yevhen Hulevych, who died near Bakhmut. The song is performed by Marichka Chichkova, Maryan Pyryh, and Markiyan Turkanyk. The conversation snippets were recorded with Marta Hrynyuk during the residency in Babyn.

The final part of the walk is a video that appeared on an advertising screen in Vichevyi Square. The video was created by Daryna Mamaysur.

With gratitude to the 'Asortymentna Kimnata' residency.