Past events
07.05.202613:00–13:30
Opening of the Ukrainian Pavilion
Speakers of the event: Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine and Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Commissioner of the Pavilion of Ukraine; Zhanna Kadyrova, artist; Ksenia Malykh, co-curator; Leonid Marushchak, co-curator.
07.05.202613:00–13:30
Guided tour at The Origami Deer sculpture
Speakers will deliver opening remarks and respond to questions on the Security Guarantees project: Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine and Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Commissioner of the Pavilion of Ukraine; Zhanna Kadyrova, artist; Ksenia Malykh, co-curator; Leonid Marushchak, co-curator.
07.05.202611:30-12:30
Press conference and Q&A
Speakers will deliver opening remarks and respond to questions on the Security Guarantees project: Tetyana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine and Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Commissioner of the Pavilion of Ukraine; Zhanna Kadyrova, artist; Ksenia Malykh, co-curator; Leonid Marushchak, co-curator.
06.05.202614:00
Building Cultural Futures in Times of War: Ukraineʼs Horizon
Speakers of the event: Zhanna Kadyrova, Ukrainian artist; Alevtina Kakhidze, Ukrainian artist; Agnieszka Pindera, commissioner of the Polish Pavilion, director of the Zachętą National Gallery of Art; Maria Isserlis, curator, art historian, Deputy Chair of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
Polish Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
19.03.2026
Brussels: The Origami Deer by Zhanna Kadyrova on the Way to Venice
18:00 Lecture by Damian Lentini On the occasion of the temporary re-siting of Zhanna Kadyrova’s The Origami Deer (2019) in Brussels, this lecture examines the historical development and ongoing potential of realism in the visual arts in relation to monumental- ity, the politics of space, and modes of resistance. Tracing works from the postwar period to the present, it interrogates realism as an umbrella term while pointing to contemporary “realisms” as forms of active passivism that contest prevailing ontologies. The lecture will be followed by a discussion with the audience addressing current challenges for cultural expression in Europe. Speakers: Damian Lentini, Deputy Director / Chief Curator at Ludwig Forum Aachen Ivanna Kozachenko, co-curator of the Public Programme Location: Studio
13.03.2026
Berlin: The Origami Deer by Zhanna Kadyrova on the Way to Venice
Day 1 14:00–22:00 Sculpture display at Oranienplatz 19:00–21:00 Screening of a documentary short film IDP (dir. Zhanna Kadyrova, 2025) and further discussion with Zhanna Kadyrova, Leonid Marushchak and Ksenia Malykh, moderated by Ania Kołyszko. The Forest of Zhanna Kadyrova, presented at Echoes of Tumult exhi- bition with CTM Festival, co-curated by daadgalerie and instrumentinventors. Location: daadgalerie Day 2 15:00–22:00 Sculpture display at Mariannenplatz 15:00 The event in solidarity with Ukraine, in partnership with Vitsche Berlin 15:00–22:00 Music Performance Tune in Cashmere Radio for a special broadcast Artists: Cybele, Gosha Babanski, Sirakusy, Natalia Martynenko Location: Mariannenplatz
12.03.2026
Prague: The Origami Deer by Zhanna Kadyrova on the Way to Venice
15:00–22:00 Sculpture display at the Jan Palach Square 18:00–19:00 Screening of a documentary short film IDP (dir. Zhanna Kadyrova, 2025) and further discussion with Zhanna Kadyrova and Leonid Marushchak Location: Cafe Rudolfinum 19:00–20:30 The intervention by Isabel Jacobs Isabel’s contribution brings Zhanna Kadyrova’s sculpture in dialogue with Soviet ecology, its visual representations and complex legacies. She explores how plant life, interspecies solidarity, symbiosis, nuclear energy, and the biosphere were conceptualised in Soviet Ukraine by figures such as Volodymyr Vernadsky, Feliks Sobolev, and Oleksandr Dovzhenko. Their films and writings blur the boundaries between nature and technology, humans and plants, violence and peace. Isabel also explores how ecological theory is bound to territory and placemaking, when objects become part of nature. Speakers: Isabel Jacobs, writer and philosopher Ivanna Kozachenko, co-curator of the Public Programme Location: Cafe Rudolfinum 21:00–01:00 Music performance by Viktoria Bobko and Nastya Muravyova Location: Bike Jesus
10.03.2026
Vienna: The Origami Deer by Zhanna Kadyrova on the Way to Venice
16:00–20:00 Sculpture display at the MuseumsQuartier 18:00–19:00 Screening of a documentary short film IDP (dir. Zhanna Kadyrova, 2025) and further discussion with Zhanna Kadyrova and Leonid Marushchak Location: Raum D 19:00–20:00 Conversation on the Weaponised Landscape and Its Inhabitants Beginning with the history of Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament in the 1990s– early 2000s and the Budapest Memorandum (1994), which gave the project its title Security Guarantees, the discussion unfolds through Kadyrova’s work into a broader context. It focuses on non-human actors of war and dis- placement, deer as bio-monitors, weaponised ecology, and everything that moves within the wartime environment. Moderator: Mariia Noschenko, art curator and researcher Speakers: Prof. Dr. Fahim Amir, philosopher (Bremen University of the Arts) and author PhD candidate Asia Bazdyrieva, researcher and art historian (Weibel Institute for Digital Culture) Location: Raum D 20:30–02:00 Music performance by Asia Bazdyrieva, Conny Frischauf, Anton Lapov Location: Roxy Club
08.03.2026
Warsaw: The Origami Deer by Zhanna Kadyrova on the Way to Venice
16:00–22:00 Sculpture display at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art 17:00–18:00 Screening of a documentary short film IDP (dir. Zhanna Kadyrova, 2025) and further discussion with Zhanna Kadyrova and Leonid Marushchak Location: Cinema hall 18:00–19:00 Discussion Public Art at Risk: Poland and Ukraine The discussion is dedicated to the conditions and contexts under which art- works are being removed from public space referring to both Zhanna Kadyrova’s and Julita Wójcik’s sculptures. It will examine the vulnerability and significant transformations of their meanings as a result of the displace- ment, exploring a secure place for the sculptures within the conversation. Moderator: Iwona Kurz, art historian Speakers: Zhanna Kadyrova, artist Julita Wójcik, artist Location: Cinema hall 19:00–22:00 Music performance by Zoi Michailova, Ssscreep, Ganna Glass Location: Workshop room