Anton Karyuk / Nice to meet you / EXHIBITION WITHIN THE ARTIST RESIDENCE

Anton Karyuk
Nice to meet you
exhibition within the artist residence

opening
22.03.2018 / 5 p.m

exhibition 
23 – 30.03.2018 / everyday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Centrum Centre for Creative Activities in Ustka  / ul. Gen. Zaruskiego 1a

The world of modern media gives evidences of availability of public information for every user. But over time, private sites and dating applications of  the virtual world started to input a paid option to view questionnaires, blurring the main photo into an abstract color spot that visually resembles a person’s aura. So what is the power of modern virtual space in, if not in accessibility?

The project inspired by images from local resources for dating and questionnaires of local residents. The artist analyzes the parallel of digital privacy and reality distorted in mirrors. Thus, every visitor to the exhibition will become part of the art project.

Materials: mirror, enamel.

The art of Anton Karyuk is conditioned by his interests in perception, movement, embodied experience and feelings of himself. Karyuk seeks to pay attention to art relevant to society as a whole. Art, for him, is an important means for turning thinking into doing things in the world. The diverse works of Karyuk – in painting, performances and installations – were exhibited throughout Europe. Not limited to the scope of the museum and gallery, his practice covers a wider public sphere through interventions in the civil space. Karyuk was born in 1988. He grew up in Ukraine and studied architecture. He is the member and the founder of the artistic group Step’. The title refers to the birth place Dnipro city, which is located in the steppe climate zone. Since the middle of 2005 Karyuk has realized exhibitions and projects on human rights – the central theme of creativity. Karyuk lives and works in Kiev and Vilnius.