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Sergey Shabohin
Anna Karpenko: "People who lit the torches in the cities in the evenings were called curators too"
We spoke with the curator Anna Karpenko about her projects: the exhibition When the Sun Is Low — the Shadows Are Long, the creation of the Belarusian part of the Secondary Archive, the inclusive exhibition "Beyonders. Other Histories of Belarusian Art'" and others.Anna Karpenko conducts a tour of the exhibition When the Sun Is Low — the Shadows Are Long, GfZK, Leipzig, 2022 / work by – (2022) / © photo: Alexandra Ivanciu:Your curatorial project, When the Sun Is Low — the Shadows Are Long, was one of the most notable exhibition projects of the past 2022. The project was…
Sergey Shabohin, Raman Tratsiuk
Strategies of Visibility in an Age of Exile
and visited Biennale Arte 2024 in Venice and present this review of the exhibition. The text considers Adriano Pedrosa’s curatorial concept, the structure of the central project and the national pavilions, while also paying special attention to Belarusian artistic presences shaped through parallel initiatives, diasporic networks, and distributed forms of participation.The 2024 Venice Biennale became one of the most politically and ethically charged editions of recent decades. Curator Adriano Pedrosa proposed the theme Stranieri Ovunque, Foreigners Everywhere, addressed to the figure of the “foreigner”, the migrant, the exile, the subject outside the national norm. This framework resonated with a…
OM Podcast
Episode 1: Open Muzej
Open Muzej: public, horizontal, nomadicThe first episode of the — part of the eponymous initiative to create an open public museum of contemporary art of Belarus — was released today on the Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Castbox platforms.The name symbolically reflects the idea of ​​openness and multilingualism. Open Muzej is not only a project, but also a process that draws the attention of the professional community and the public to the process of understanding contemporary Belarusian art. The podcast covers a wide range of topics, from local stories to global trends, providing listeners with a comprehensive and in-depth…

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