жу́жалкаzhuzhalka

about

zhúzhalka has started with self-published photo zines and expanded their engagement with other media forms and artistic formats, often exploring the links between scientific rationalities, the social and the anecdotal.

The collective's name colloquially denotes coal slag that remains after coal has been burned up in an oven and which is then used by households for different purposes. The exploration of the heritage of Donbas area is the main theme of the collective's body of work.

zhúzhalka is a collective originally found in Donetsk by Victor Corwic, Vyacheslav Sokolov and Roman Yukhimchuk in 2012. Each participant combines artistic practice with professional activities in other areas, such as architecture, design, programming, economics. Despite the fact that the events of 2014 in Donetsk and Ukraine have separated the group geographically, the members are continuing their collaboration.

exhibitions

personal exhibitions

2016/06—08
Blue Sky Catastrophe, Villa Arson → Nice, France

2014/10
edge/mez/межа, OPEN A.i.R. program in PILSEN 2015 → Pilsen, Czech Republic

2014/01—03 and 06—07
Five Minutes To, IZOLYATSIA → Donetsk, Ukraine and CLOSER → Kyiv, Ukraine

2013/06
Appearance, DA SEIN art-location → Donetsk, Ukraine

selected group exhibitions

2017/05—11
Ukrainian Pavilion on LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2017,
Shoot Me Please and Black Album books, → Venice, Italy

2016/11
'Deformation', SUWON INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL, Passage video → Suwon, South Korea

2016/04
'Territory \\ Space', ODESSA BATUMI PHOTODAYS,
Passage and We Remain videos → Odessa, Ukraine

self-publishing

011-012:
Black Album and Shoot Me, Please,
specially for the Ukrainian Pavilion
on LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2017
published with Rodovid Press (Kyiv, Ukraine)

010:
Blue Sky Catastrophe,
specially for the 'Blue Sky Catastrophe' exhibition, 2016

006-009:
Dviglo
Shock! Photos!
Rhythmics
Rzhavchino
specially for the 'Five Minutes To' exhibition, 2014

005:
Glitch, specially for the 'Every Milkman Knows Seamstress', 2013

004:
Appearance, 2013

003:
Match, 2013

002:
Emergency exit, 2013

001:
Proletarian, 2012