“Peeking through the windows”
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On December 3, 2020, the birthday of Grigory Skovoroda, the facade of the 120-year-old “Stone House with Dragons” — an abandoned building on 19 Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv, was transformed into a gallery.
The “Sleeping House” installation was created within the framework of the project “Looking out the windows”. The exhibition was implemented by the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers in cooperation with NGO Map Renovation.
According to the intention of the authors, for the realization of the exhibition, the facade of the building was transformed into a gallery of unique archival portraits of Ukrainians in traditional clothes, which belong to the authorship of the outstanding Ukrainian photographer Ivan Karpov (provided by the Shostka Museum of Local Lore). The eyes closed by computer graphics in the photographs are a symbol of the philosophy of Grigoriy Skovoroda and the interpretation of the modern world, where people are increasingly moving away from reality and immersed in the world created by media and advertising. The main element of the exposition was a large portrait of Grigory Skovoroda (provided by the National Museum of Literature and Memorial G. S. Frying pans).
“The whole world is asleep,” Skovoroda often repeated. And in this his philosophy resonates with Buddhism, where reality is compared to a dream. Researchers of the life and creative path of Grigory Savich testify that in the late autumn of 1758 he had a dream: an invisible force showed Skovoroda disgusting pictures of human “miscegenation”, which resembled the fantasmagoria of Bosch — the trib of the lives of nobles and commoners, merchants and priests. This dream, perceived by Gregory as God's revelation, prompted the philosopher to abhor the world and delve deeper into himself.
“Looking out the windows” is a project that allows not only to look into the face of a long past era, but also to recall the photographers of the beginning of the previous century, whose names are known only to connoisseurs of archival photography.
Daria Korba, Head of NGO “Map of Renovation”, architect:
Our goal is to draw the attention of society and the authorities to the problem of decay of valuable buildings and to promote the creativity of Ukrainian photographers and the history of Ukrainian photography. The use of empty windows of an abandoned building as a frame for photographs is a synthesis of photographic art and architecture. They enrich each other with new meanings and seem to say to the observer: “a conscious effort to preserve history is necessary in all spheres of the cultural heritage of our people.”
The house for the project was also chosen not by chance. The history of “The House with Dragons” begins at the end of the XIX century. Its first owner was the teacher Ivan Khilchevsky, known as a countryman and great friend of Panteleimon Kulish, the father of the Ukrainian historical novel and researcher of the work of Grigory Skovoroda. Kulish in the poem “Hrytsko Skovoroda” completed the process of artistic understanding of the image of a prominent Ukrainian, incorporating it not only into the context of the 18th century, but also into the millennial history of Ukraine.
To look into the windows of history through the prism of images that unexpectedly acquire life in the middle of the city: this game was offered to Kyiv residents in 2014 by the Kyiv Charitable Society, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP), the hotel “Kozatsky” and contemporary artists who have reimagined the image of Taras Shevchens In the year of his 200th anniversary and difficult times for our Motherland.
Kyiv Charitable Society managed to implement the exhibition “Looking Out the Windows” in 2014 at the expense of philanthropic funds — the project was financed by Kyiv entrepreneur Mykhailo Danilko. The authors hope that to support the next stages of the project there will be patrons or simply indifferent residents of the city and connoisseurs of art - both classical and modern, which tries to dialogue with the classics.
According to the Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Ruslan Kramarenko, today in the “portfolio” of the “Kyiv Charitable Society” there are already several successfully implemented projects that give hope that the traditions of patronage that were started in pre-revolutionary Kiev will be restored today.
“Kyiv has a good example of patronage in the past. Current businessmen can also help the city, and the authorities know what needs to be done. I think that such an unusual exhibition will appeal to Kiev residents and tourists. The proposed form of the exhibition in Ukraine has not yet been used, but it is already being actively practiced in other European countries to popularize the art of photography and to ennoble the appearance of the old architecture of the city,” Ruslan Kramarenko noted.
Yaroslaviv val 15 is a building that is an architectural monument and was erected in Soviet times as a hotel “Zvezda”, and in the courtyard (ul. Yaroslaviv Val, 15b) since the beginning of the last century there is the estate of prominent Kievites — the Sikorsky family. Ivan Sikorsky is a famous Kiev doctor, and his son Igor is an inventor who is the “father” of the helicopter. In 1910, Igor Sikorsky first climbed into the Kiev sky on an airplane of his own design.
“Living” exhibition “Looking Out the Windows” was implemented at the expense of sponsorship funds by the Kyiv Charitable Society and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) in 2013. The project passed the competitive selection of the expert council of the Society and was supported by the city's benefactors.
The aim of the project is to use the original form of art presentation: to use empty windows of buildings as frames for photographs and to transform the facades of old empty houses into a living exhibition. A similar technique was used in the design of buildings in the center of Warsaw, Vilnius and other European capitals. The authors of the project are convinced that public art, or urban art, is a great way to draw attention to classical art forms.
Mstislav Chernov, Director of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, photographer:
“Looking out the windows is a step towards the revival of traditional Ukrainian photography. It is very important for us that all the photographs used were taken by Ukrainian photographers who worked on the territory of modern Ukraine and are known for their skill in Europe. Urban art is a new approach to classical photography that will make it interesting and relevant, and we hope it will find support from patrons and people who are just not indifferent to their city.”
