Valentyn Odnoviun: Architecture of Evidence

© Valentyn Odnoviun, Surveillance

About The Exhibition:

Exhibition curator: Igor Manko

VASA Exhibitions is presenting the work of a Ukrainian artist Valentyn Odnoviun.

The exhibition is titled Architecture of EVIDENCE, and it documents the evidence, or what is left of it, of torture, violence and human suffering in penitentiary institutions throughout Eastern European countries at times when their oppressive regimes were in power. The exhibition creates a universal architectural design of a generalized oppressive institution.

The images don’t appear menacing. On the contrary, they are disguised to come across as being enchantingly beautiful. They may look like full moons in the dead of the night, like lunar paths on black water or elaborate abstract paintings. Until one reads the descriptions. (curator's note)

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On VASA Exhibitions:

VASA Exhibitions for 11 years hs provided an international platform for individual and group exhibitions, collaborative exhibitions with various organizations and galleries and exhibitions that follow a particular theme or inquiry such as “Where Do We Go Now” curated by Rui Cepeda and the “Kharkiv School of Photography: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics” curated by Igor Manko.

VASA Exhibitions are international and multicultural.  The curatorial team has strived to present work that not only represents the photographers but also the social, historical and cultural.  As an online international project, VASA works to engage various digital tools.  Video, as an example, not only offers the potential for the presentation of works, it provides the opportunity and framework for the voice of the author to be seen and heard.   Through image, text, sound and animation, VASA works to expand the exhibition paradigm and provide a rich experience for the viewer (as well as the author).

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