The Ukrainian artist, director, scriptwriter, operator Oksana CHEPELYK became the participant of the 18th International LPM Live Performers Meeting, which took place on May 18-22, 2017 in the new Cultural Center «Radion» in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation provided her a travel grant.
As a result of the competitive selection, Oksana`s innovative multimedia project «Odesa_Collider» was invited to the main program of XVIII LPM 2017 Amsterdam - Live Performers Meeting to be demonstrated in the gallery of the new Cultural Center «Radion» in Amsterdam throughout the festival, which made it possible for all participants and guests of the Fest to get acquainted with the product.
«The project «Odesa_Collider or Turbulence vs Quantum Transition», was shot in Odessa during the OICF 2015-2016. In the focus of the project, the Potemkin stairs in Odessa as a phenomenon of the 1905 revolution, as well as cultural (silent film by Sergii Eisenstein «Battleship Potemkin», 1925). Ukraine is no longer a faceless point on the political map, thanks to the Revolution of Dignity Odessa also started this process of manifestation of turbulence in 1905. The events of the shooting on the stairs of 1905 are in line with the shooting on Independence Square in 2014,» - the artist told about the project.
During the trip, Oksana also took part in the round table: «Digital Freedom: Activism, Aesthetics, and Visualization of the Database - forms of artistic expression as a tool for informing and activating the consciousness of people around the world».
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Oksana CHEPELYK is a Ukrainian artist, director, scriptwriter, operator.
In 1978-1984 she studied in Kyiv, in 1986-1988 in Moscow, in 1995 at CIES in Paris, in 1998 at the University of Amsterdam, in 2003-2004 at UCLA, USA.
Oksana`s films were shown at numerous festivals of cinema, video and new media around the world, receiving prizes in New York, London, Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Osnabrück, Montecatini, Linz, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Oberhausen, Liverpool, Belo Oryzont, Karlovy Vary (category A), Chisinau, Weimar, Tel Aviv, Ankara, Pesaro, Santa Fe, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Berdiansk, Sevastopol, Sarajevo, Clermont-Ferrand and others.
Since 1993 she has organized 11 curatorial exhibitions (Ukraine, France, USA, Canada, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Germany), 15 personal exhibitions in Europe and America, and has participated in a number of collective exhibitions (Russia, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, France, USA, Sweden, Croatia, Brazil, Austria, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina).
In 2007 Oksana founded the INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL SCULPTURE in Kyiv. 1997, 2007 she received the ArtsLink Award and Independent Projects Award, USA, in 2003 and 2010 - Fulbright Award (USA), in 2011 - Award of the 6th Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art, Uzbekistan, in 2013 - Award for Artraker Award, London, UK.
The Open Ukraine Foundation provides travel grants for travel costs for Ukrainian artists to exchange artistic experience at the international level and to improve cooperation between Ukrainian and foreign artists. These grants give Ukrainian artists the opportunity to present their achievements around the world.
