Biruchiy contemporary art project (Ukrainian: ??????????? ????????? ????????? ????????? «???????», Ukrainian pronunciation: [mi?n?'r?dn?j s?m'p?zium su't??sn??? m?s't?tst?? bi'rut??j]) is a leading event of contemporary art in Ukraine. It was founded in 2006 by the civic organization Association of Contemporary Art Researchers. The project is held annually in May and September on the Biryuchyi Island, located in the Azov Sea. Since 2015, its geography has expanded to other regions of Ukraine. Since 2016, the on-site residence has been working in the European Union territory (Poland). Twelve seasons of Biruchiy contemporary art project were attended by 205 artists and 11 art groups from 15 countries. Since 2014, a part of participants goes to Italy.
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Project Background
Biryuchyi Island
The Ukrainian art-initiative of the beginning of the 21st century was founded by the art worker Gennadiy Kozub, the art patron Mykola Barzion and the artist Volodymyr Gulich. In 2006, it was decided to declare Zaporizhia Oblast to be an art territory. Biryuchyi Island (Zolotiy Bereg recreation camp), which is far away from civilization, was chosen to be the project art residency. Artists came to Biruchiy for two weeks in September. Since 2014, two-week gatherings have been held also in May.
Biruchiy M Sound Lab was launched at Biruchiy 012 (DJ Sokolov, DJ Mishukov, DJ Expert, Maket/Ivanov Down).
Within the framework of Biruchiy 013, for the first time not only paintings and art objects but also contemporary sculpture was created. The project was visited by Sotheby's representatives, who purchased several painters' works. The residency was also visited by Massimo Melotti, an external relations specialist from Castle of Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art (Turin, Italy).
During Biruchiy 014, it was decided to change its format by creating an experimental platform for several curators. Due to the hostilities, it was possible to hold only three out of six scheduled curator projects; they were later combined into one big project.
In 2015, the Open Group carried out an international performative project "1000-km view". Riding a catamaran, the participants covered 1000-km distance of "Open Gallery" from the Stryi River to Biryuchyi Island. The new project of Biruchiy was developed as collaboration between curator Irina Leifer (Amsterdam) and Mariya Lanko and Lyzaveta German's team (Kyiv), Open Ateliers Zuidoost (Amsterdam) within Tandem Ukraine program (an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation and German non-governmental organization MitOst).
In autumn 2015, RESÒ International Network for Artist Residencies sent to Biruchiy a delegation of artists from Italy, headed by Massimo Melotti. Biruchiy became the filming location for a film by Italian film directors Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio, who arrived at the Island immediately after participating in Venice International Film Festival.
In 2016, the main residence got modern exposition space. The final exposition of Biruchiy 016 was demonstrated in a new gallery designed like an ancient Greek temple. Its musical component has gained an independent format: on 16-18 September 2017, the first music festival called Biruchiy Fest was held on a professional stage. Among participating bands and performers, there were SHANA, Sun Groove, Atomic Simao and Dub Wire. The British Council introduced an arts exchange program, called "SWAP: UK/Ukraine artist residence programme", between United Kingdom and Ukraine; the first item of the program was on the residence on Biruchiy. The British artist Jamie Fitzpatrick, chosen by the program, joined the participants. Within the framework of RESÒ/Lab, Biryuchyi Island was visited by the Italian film director and artist Giorgio Cugno. He shot here the fourth part of the film "XAU" with the actor Ostap Stupka in the lead role. The previous parts of the film were shot in Colombia, Egypt and the USA.
In September 2017, about 30 participants of the project organized a voluntary environmental initiative. The volunteers comprised artists from Ukraine, Russia, Italy and Germany, art critic, curators and guests of the residency. The volunteers cleaned up trash left by tourists, from a 10-km area of the seashore near the Azov-Syvash National Nature Park (from Stepok village to Biryuchyi Island spit).
Irshansk (Ukraine)
19 July 2015 is the starting point of an art intervention of Biruchiy contemporary art project, which expanded the geography of its residence. The first art delegation was welcomed by Irshansk (Zhytomyr Oblast), where a two-week project "Irshansk. Recreation" was carried out. The exposition embraced the urban space and natural landscapes. The project is aimed at promoting cultural decentralization of the country -- making the culture creating space go out beyond large centers, to medium-sized cities and small towns.
Klementowice (Poland)
On 27 June 2016, the geography of Biruchiy extended to Poland. An on-site residence was created in Klementowice (Lublin Voivodeship), on the basis of the M. Ratay Complex of Agribusiness Schools. For 2 weeks, 14 artists creatively worked on the project "From the common root". Its concept is based on the metaphorical meaning of the word "root" -- the fundamental principle, basic constituent of the structure -- and it is an artistic response to manipulations in reconsidering the history of the two countries. The project was held under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland.
An educational event, called Biruchiy Art School, was held in Klementowice in January 2017 with the participation of students and young artists. The program included a series of lectures and practical work in workshops. The Polish land artist Jaros?aw Koziara visited the residence to give a lecture.
Participant exchange
Italy. In 2013, RESÒ-Lab was initiated in collaboration with RESÒ International Network for Artist Residencies and Educational Programs in Piedmont (Italy). It is a long-term participant exchange project between Biruchiy and leading Italian art foundations. In 2014, due to the war in Eastern Ukraine, RESÒ delayed Italian artists' coming to Biruchiy. Nevertheless, in November 2014, Vitaliy Kokhan, Ivan Svitlychniy and the curator Sergiy Kantsedal invited by RESÒ, visited the residency of Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto (Biella, Italy), as it was previously agreed.
In the autumn of 2017, within the framework of an exchange program, the Italian artist Franco Ariaudo arrived from RESÒ in Biruchiy project. Elaborating upon the theme of the September residence "Running on water...", he started working on a long-term project titled "Basilisk" -- a set of events to study techniques of running on water.
United States. In 2017, Biruchiy contemporary art project started cooperating with Flux Factory's Artist-In-Residence program (Long Island City, NYC). It is a platform, created in the 1990s by seven young Brooklyn artists as an alternative to commercial galleries. Within the framework of an exchange program, a couple of artists -- Mykyta Kravtsov and his wife, Camille Sagnes Kravtsova, came to New York. After several months of work, their personal exhibition "Armageddon" was presented in the exhibition space of Flux Factory.
Name
The word "Biruchiy" in the name "Biruchiy contemporary art project" is a neologism, a modified version of the name of the "Biryuchyi" spit. The neologism was created in the 2000s by the founders of the project as a reflection of contemporary artists' creative approach to the word formation process.
The newly created brand "Biruchiy" is subject to copyright.
The project themes and curators
The main residence
On-site events
Project commissioner Gennadiy Kozub (since 2006).
Participants
Ukraine -- Inara Bagirova, Olga Berezyuk, Kateryna Berlova, Nazar Bilyk, Andriy Bludov, Kateryna Buchatska, Volodymyr Budnikov, Mykhaylo Buksha, Mykhaylo Deyak, Anatoliy Fedirko, Nataliya Filonenko, Olga Gaydash, Lyzaveta German, Kseniya Gnylytska, Zakentiy Gorobyov, Anna Gydora, Illya Isupov, Zhanna Kadyrova, Nataliya Karpinska, Sergiy Klepach, Alina Kleytman, Dariya Koltsova, Mykyta Kravtsov, Yuri Kruchak, Valeriy Kumanovsky, Mariya Lanko, Iryna Lastovkina, Kateryna Libkind, Andriy Lobov, Anton Logov, Maksym Mamsikov, Oleksa Mann, Nina Murashkina, Anna Myronova, Mariya Pasichnyk, Viktoriya Perevoznikova, Yuri Pikul, Viktor Pokydanets, Sonya Pomogaybo, Mariya Proshkovska, Kyrylo Protsenko, Vlada Ralko, Oleksandr Roitburd, Denys Ruban, Oleksiy Say, Elmira Shemsedynova, Vladyslav Shereshevsky, Andriy Siguntsov, Stanislav Sylantyev, Gnat Solomko, Yuri Solomko, Anna Sorokova, Vasil Tatarsky, Oleg Tistol, Valeriya Trubina, Anna Valieva, Marta Vashchuk, Myroslav Vayda, Matviy Vaysberg, Petro Vladimirov, Mariya Vtorushyna, Glib Vysheslavsky, Alina Yakubenko, Yuri Yefanov, Andriy Zelinsky, Oleksandr Zhyvotkov, Ujif_notfound /Georgiy Potopalsky/, GAZ group /Vasil Grublyak, Oleksiy Zolotaryov/ (Kyiv); Mykola Matsenko, Mykyta Shylimov, Volodymyr Yakovets (Cherkasy); Mykyta Shalenniy (Dnipropetrovsk); Anatoliy Tatarenko (Donetsk); Irina Antonyuk, Vasyl Antonyuk, Vitaliy Kokhan, Tetyana Malynovska, Roman Mykhaylov, Roman Minin, Olena Polyashchenko, Oksana Solop, Larysa Stadnyk, Andriy Stogniy, Ivan Svitlychniy, Anton Tkachenko, Artem Volokitin, Oleksiy Yalovega, Oleg Drozdov's architectural workshop /Oleg Drozdov, Bogdan Volynsky, Sergiy Kostyaniy, Vitaliy Pravyk/, Sviter group /Lera Polyanskova, Maksym Robotov/ (Kharkiv); Nataliya Blok, Vyacheslav Mashnytsky, Totem group /Stas Volyazlovsky/ (Kherson); Yevgen Koroletov (Luhansk); Yuri Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Yuri Koval, Viktor Lavniy, Oleksandr Matvienko, Stanislav Turina, Anton Varga, Sergiy Yakunin (Lviv); Inna Bobrova, Yakiv Bulavytsky, Andriy Chepurko, Oleksiy Markitan, Rustam Mirzoev, Yulia Mirzoeva, Dmytro Moldavanov, Taras Zaviruykha (Mykolaiv); Oleksiy Chepygin, Dmytro Dulfan, Igor Gusev, Stepan Ryabchenko, Nata Trandafir, Albina Yaloza, Apl315 (Odesa); Oleksandr Shirokov (Sevastopol); Anna Bekerska (Simferopol); Sergiy Dubovets, Vadim Kharabaruk, Mykhaylo Khodanych, Ivan Nebesnyk, Marsel Onysko, Robert Saller, Nataliya Shevchenko, Andriy Stegura, Nataliya Tartay, Ruslan Tremba (Uzhgorod); Anna Bykova, Andriy Orlov, Anastasia Skorikova (Yalta); Marta Berezhnenko, Volodymyr Borodin, Yevgen Kompaneychenko, Olga Kyrychenko, Vsevolod Medvedev, Gennadiy Nikitin, Dmytro Tsipunov, Zheton group /Yevgen Fomenko, Anton Lisikov/ (Zaporizhia); Art zebs group /Volodymyr Gulich, Nastya Loyko/ (Yalta, Zaporizhia); Critical Archiving Laboratory /Anton Lapov, Larion Lozoviy/ (Kyiv, Luhansk); Syny Morya group (Sons of the Sea group) /Illya Isupov, Oleksandr Matvienko, Marsel Onysko, Andriy Stegura/ (Kyiv, Lviv, Uzhgorod).
Ukraine / Netherlands -- Open Group (Vidkryta grupa) /Arthur van Beek, Yuri Biley, Jesper Buursinkk, Lyzaveta German, Sergiy Klepach, Pavlo Kovach, Valeriy Kumanovsky, Mariya Lanko, Irina Leifer, Stanislav Turina, Anton Varga/ (Kyiv, Lviv, Amsterdam).
Australia -- Jason Fidler (Brisbane). Austria -- Anna Ermolaeva, Scott Evans, Rita Novak (Vienna). Czech Republic -- Alice Nikitinová, Magdaléna Nováková, Jan Zdvo?ák (Prague). France -- Sandy Brishler (Paris). Germany -- Mitya Churikov, Igor Zaidel (Berlin). Israel -- Vladimir Brodetsky (Tel Aviv). Italy -- Micol Roubini (Milan), Franco Ariaudo, Giorgio Cugno, Valerio Manghi, Nataliya Polunina, Alessandro Sciaraffa, Gianluca de Serio, Massimiliano de Serio (Turin). Kazakhstan -- Bulat Gelman (Almaty). Netherlands -- Arthur van Beek, Jesper Buursinkk, Irina Leifer (Amsterdam). Poland -- Karolina Me?nicka, Stachu Szumski (Warsaw). Russia -- Vladimir Arkhipov, Victoria Begalskaya, Sergey Bratkov, Dmitry Bulnigin, Yulia Gnirenko, Rada Ivanova, Boris Kashapov, Arkady Nasonov, Maximilian Roganov, Yuri Shabelnikov, PG artistic group and artistic groups of the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia /Dariya Baribina, Anna Brandush, Yegor Fedorichev, Dmitry Fedorov, Svetlana Isayeva, Zinaida Isupova, Vadim Kolosov, Nataliya Kononova, Aleksandr Merekin, Ekaterina Muromtseva, Polina Muzyko, Dmitriy Starusev, Denis Tikhomirov, Oleg Ustinov, Andrew Zhandarov/ (Moscow); Tatiana Polyashchenko (Novorossiysk); Nataliya Yudina (Tomsk). Spain -- Xavier Escala (Barcelona). Switzerland -- Ronald Ross. United Kingdom -- Jamie Fitzpatrick, Pavlo Kerestey (London).
Promotion
Expositions
Expositions of Biruchiy works were held in Ukraine: in Zaporizhia (since 2006), Kyiv (since 2011), Koktebel (2013). Art events also took place on the other side the Atlantic Ocean. An exposition was opened in Michael Solovyev Studio (Montreal, Canada, 2013). Presentations of publications are also held.
Biruchiy project includes lectures and master classes by contemporary art stars, presentations of young artists' works, concerts and DJ sets.
Publishing activity
The project catalogues are published annually (7 catalogues were published by 2015).
In 2014-2015, Biruchiy contemporary art magazine was published quarterly; 5 issues were published. Its editor-in-chief is Maksym Dobrovolsky, the managing editor is Gennadiy Kozub. It is a full-color periodical of 68-104 pages, published in Russian and Ukrainian, having a run of 5000 copies, covering contemporary art. The magazine published interviews and comments of renowned art critics, collectors and artists, reviews of exhibitions and projects.
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