Videocity visits The NewBridge Project
Eye/View - Ukrainian artists
1.03.–29.04.2023, Wed to Fri 12:00 until 17:00
The NewBridge Project, Clarence Walk, Shieldfield Centre 4 - 8, off Stoddart St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AL
Artists: Sergey Bratkov, Copa & Sordes, Marina Dykukha, Olia Fedorova, Maksym Khodak, Mykola Ridnyi.
Curators: Andrea Domesle and Polina Chizhova.
After the start of the war, Videocity’s annual curatorial concept of Eye/View acquired a highly relevant dimension: observing and being observed are now situations affecting everyone to an extraordinary degree. The video works by Sergey Bratkov, Copa & Sordes, Marina Dykukha, Olia Fedorova, Maksym Khodak, Mykola Ridnyi have proven to be a prediction of war and testify to life in fear and danger. The gaze regimes revealed in the videos revolve around following, monitoring, focusing, remembering and the unexpected breaking out of the blue.