On the occasion of 11 Years of Maidan – Fight for a Free Ukraine, KNM CONTEMPORARIES invites you to a special edition with concerts, an exhibition and workshops.
Part II at Radialsystem relates the year 2014 to the social transformations of 1968, which contributed significantly to democratisation in Western Europe. Does the year 2014 have a similar significance for Ukrainian musical practice as the ’68s had for Western Europe?
Yes – they existed, the avant-garde from Kyiv in the sixties. We introduce representatives and place them in the context of the Western European musical landscape, which was charged by Minimalism, Fluxus and Happening. Three composers from Ukraine, Korea and Taiwan also transfer the spirit of that time to the present day.
But the year 1968 had also a profoundly different significance for Ukrainians and Western Europeans. In Ukraine, it marked the end of a period of relative liberalization known as the Thaw that spanned from Stalin’s death until the suppression of the Prague Spring by Soviet troops. During that short decade, a new generation of Ukrainian artists known as the Sixtiers emerged, bringing radical new ideas that challenged the Soviet dogma.
With works by Albert Saprykin, Alexey Shmurak, Renata Sokachyk and Alla Zagaykevysh and opening of the exhibition “listening to four composers”.
KNM CONTEMPORARIES – re.construction by Ensemble KNM Berlin
Saturday, 1.3.2025 | Doors: 18:00 | Starts 19:15 CET
Radialsystem | Holzmarktstraße 33 in 10243 Berlin
19:15 CET | Mykhailo Chedryk: “Kyiv Avant-Garde: Seeking Interaction with the World”, concert introduction in English.
20:00 CET | Concert with works by Christopher Hobbs, Leonid Hrabovsky, Klaus Rinke, Volodymyr Zahortsev, Bumki Kim, Vitaliy Hodziatsky, Alla Zagaykevych and Wei-Chih Liu.
