Main critical text for the year: 2021 in ukrainian art
The year 2021 became a year of reprocessing in Ukrainian contemporary art. After the forced pandemic-induced inactivity, artists, curators, and institutions burst forth with a plethora of tautological expressions.
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The cave of Dyonisius
This is an essay written by Harri Kraievets after his prolonged stay in the sacred cave, where our founding fathers had been given the secret knowledge.
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Condition: To Be On A Horse
This is an essay written for the exhibition ‘Dig the hole! Dig it!’.
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Odessa by Igor Chatskin
Text to the book "Last Poems" by Ihor Chatkin
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Оpera "Ugolek"
Text written as part of the exhibition Black Books by Nikita Kadan
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Flood State
This text was part of the exhibition "Flooding" dedicated to the history of the Holocaust in Ivano-Frankivsk
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Harri Kraievets about psychoanalysis and art
Vadim Yakovlev talked to Harri about what psychoanalysis and art have in common, the artist, and the psychoanalyst, as well as the boom of alternative education in Ukraine.
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"Black Books": dialogue between Nikita Kadan and Harri Kraievets
On July 17-18, an exhibition titled "Black Books" by Nikita Kadan took place at the artist-run space Noch gallery in Odessa. Your Art publishes a transcript of the exhibition tour text, which was jointly conducted by artist Nikita Kadan and co-curator of the NOCH gallery, Harri Kraievets.
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ABWÄRTS!-Release Nr. 51
Presentation of the magazine in which the text was published: Eine lustige Geschichte am falschen Meer
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A trace in your sand
Fantasy-documentary essay by Harri Kraievets about visiting the exhibition “Archive of Chance Encounters. Department of Sadness”
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Survivor's Chutzpah
text is part of "Scattered Communities: Texts", a collection by eleven Ukrainian artists. You can get the book by link
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