ZERO LINE
ZERO LINE is a continuation of the RED UTOPIA project Maryna made in Munich. The performance was preceded by the one month process of knitting Finnish and Ukrainian flags, which was recorded on video.
In this project Maryna ponders the similarities of Finland’s and Ukraine’s history on the eastern edge of Europe.
The performance consisted of Maryna watching a video created from a video of knitting and audio messages from a Ukrainian woman, the mother of a son who died in the war with the Russian Federation in August 2022. Maryna placed a chair next to her and another pair of headphones, thus inviting viewers to join in watching the video, taking part in the performance. Each viewer could choose the moment and duration of viewing.
Location: Finland, Alajärvi, Nelimarkka-museo (Villa Väinölä). Curator: Oskari Luoma. Duration: November 6 – December 6 +60 minutes
Photo credits: Maria Leonova, Ties Ten Bosch
December 9, 2022
Performance was repeated on October 29, 2023 in context of Quantum Critic exhibition in Myymala gallery, Helsinki and on September 21, 2024 at exhibition “Woman in Times of War”, organized by Ukrainian Association in Finland.
Curatorial text by Marcia Correia
MARYNA SEMENKOVA 