Mental heritage discussed at Odesa exhibition

A panel discussion and live performance by Crimean Tatar artist Aziza Eskender took place on April 10 at 16:00 as part of the exhibition "Where Does the Current Lead?" at the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art (9 Italiiska St.).

The musician's performance was followed by a panel discussion with writer Yevhenia Henova, author of the books Crimean Tatar Families and My Grandmothers Didn't Live to See the War, and journalist Intenta.

They talked about the mental heritage - what we carry from the past and what continues to shape our decisions today. About memory, the experience of generations, and the scenarios we often reproduce without even noticing it.

"Where Does the Current Lead?" is a visual and philosophical art project about how the legacy of the past and previously formed social scenarios continue to influence our lives today. It consists of two parts, united by the idea of transformation of meanings. Due to the change of context, familiar objects and images lose their established functions and acquire new meanings. The exhibition "Where Does the Current Lead?" opened on March 27 and will last until April 27.

The project was created by:

• Lesiapik is a digital artist who addresses the impact of war on society in her work, explores corporality and inclusion.
• Anastasia Bas is a conceptual artist from Crimea who creates art objects by combining painting, craft techniques and war artifacts, transforming them into new semantic forms.
• Oleksandra Khudyntseva is a photographer who works with visual anthropology and social photography.

The title of the exhibition refers to the image of a current, an element that symbolizes the unpredictability and variability of the modern world. In a reality where the future cannot be fully controlled, it becomes important to rethink what we carry with us from the past.

Кирило Бойко