Visual Culture Research Center

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The Visual Culture Research Center (VCRC) is an independent cultural institution in Kyiv, founded in 2008 as a platform for interaction between academic, artistic, and activist communities. The VCRC is an independent public organization engaged in publishing and exhibition activities, scientific research, conducting public lectures and discussions, and conferences. In 2008–2012, it operated at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

In 2015, the Visual Culture Research Center received the Princess Margriet Award from the European Cultural Foundation.[1][2]

In 2017, the VCRC was the organizer and curator of the "Kyiv International – Kyiv Biennale 2017," which included a series of exhibitions, lectures, discussions, and workshops with the participation of well-known international thinkers and artists.[3]

History[]

Establishment[]

Among the co-founders of the VCRC were Nadiya Parfan, Inna Sovsun, Olga Bryukhovetska and others. For some time the activities of the center were funded by membership fees, during the first years the participants worked on a volunteer basis.[4]

Serhiy Kvit

Suspension in the operation of the Center in February 2012[]

On February 10, 2012, Serhiy Kvit, President of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, ordered the closure of the exhibition of contemporary art entitled "Ukrainske Tilo" ("Ukrainian Body"), which took place at the Visual Culture Research Center on February 7 of the same year. Kvit motivated his actions by the fact that at the exhibition you can see not art, but "shit" or "a disparate set of pornographic images."[5] He later commented that the reason for closing the exhibition was not the content, but "procedural problems".[5] On February 29, the exhibition was dismantled on schedule. Works of artists Oleksandr Volodarsky, Nikita Kadan, Lada Nakonechnaya, Mykola Ridny, Volodymyr Say and others were presented there.

On February 23, 2012, by the decision of the Academic Council of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the operation of the NaUKMA Visual Culture Research Center was suspended.[6] On February 27, a protest action against the closure of the Center took place outside the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.[7] On the same day, the director of the Visual Culture Research Center Vasyl Cherepanin decided to resign, handing over control to Inna Sovsun, after which Serhiy Kvit stated that the work of the center would be resumed.[8]

The suspension in the operation of the center was supported by the Honorary President of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Viacheslav Briukhovetsky.[9]

The center was defended by David Eliott, curator of the First Kyiv Biennale, former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski,[10] philosophers Slavoj Žižek,[11] Judith Butler and Jacques Rancière, translator Andrii Riepa,[7] artist Oleksandr Volodarsky.[12]

On March 12, 2012, Serhiy Kvit issued an order according to which the Visual Culture Research Center was deprived of premises in the Old Academic Building of NaUKMA due to the emergency condition of the building.

On March 29, 2012, by the decision of the Academic Council of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the Visual Culture Research Center was liquidated, in particular, among the main reasons for the closure of the center was the following: "deliberate damage to the reputation of NaUKMA", "substitution of academic criteria by ideological and political", "intolerance of different opinions and views", "public discrediting of colleagues", "systematic misleading of the NaUKMA administration".

The opening and presentation of the new program of the center was announced on April 26 in the premises of the Zhovten (October) cinema within the framework of the Seventh Berlin Biennale.[13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Столичний Центр візуальної культури отримав престижну європейську премію
  2. ^ Український Центр візуальної культури став лауреатом премії принцеси Марґріт
  3. ^ Київський Інтернаціонал – Київська бієнале 2017 // Простори, September 25, 2017
  4. ^ "Ганна Циба про трудові відносини та курування публічних програм". Your Art. January 23, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Українське тіло в дії". Українська правда _Життя. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "У Могилянці закрили Центр візуальної культури разом з "порнографічною" виставкою – Новини – Дзеркало тижня. Україна". February 27, 2012. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "AНДРІЙ РЄПА: Продовження "Українського тіла"…". ГАСЛО: Головний аналітичний сайт "Лівої опозиції". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Gazeta.ua (February 29, 2012). "Центр візуальної культури запрацював після скандалу з виставкою – "лайном"". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "В'ячеслав Брюховецький: не може довго панувати ожирілий розум". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "404 – strony nie znaleziono". KrytykaPolityczna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  11. ^ Gazeta.ua (March 13, 2012). "Французький філософ Славой Жижек розкритикував президента Могилянки". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  12. ^ Володарский, Александр. "Письмо из Киева: конфуз с украинским телом — OpenSpace.ru". os.colta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Киевский Центр визуальной культуры откроется снова — OpenSpace.ru". os.colta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 9, 2021.

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