Polina Davydenko: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?

solo exhibitions for etc. the gallery combines her artistic practice with her own experience as a war reporter. He works with artificially created scenery that becomes a model landscape for the current reality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It focuses on the issue of images that are proud of their realism, but at the same time move on the edge of ethics and spectacle. Is it still moral to share photos of suffering people that are taken without their permission? Or, on the contrary, is it wrong in value to turn away from this fact and not reproduce such images?

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In her solo exhibition at etc. gallery, Polina Davydenko combines her art practice with her own experiences as a war photographer. She works with artificially built sceneries that become model landscapes for the contemporary reality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She focuses on the question of images that claim to be realistic but also teeters on the edge of ethics and spectacle. Is it still moral to share photographs of suffering people taken without their permission? Or is it, on the contrary, wrong in terms of value to turn our eyes away from this reality and not reproduce such images? />exhibition / 𝚗𝚡𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚎: 31. 10. – 15. 12. 2024

Opening hours / 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚜𝚜𝚎
Thurs–Sun / Thu–Sun 14:00–19:00

Technical support: Petr Křivák, Pavel Dvořák, Lukáš Dobeš, Max Máslo
3D animation / 3D animation (After Time): Lukáš Prokop
Sound design: Jonáš Svoboda
Voiceover: Bernardeta Babáková
Production: Ida Tausch
Graphic design: Nela Klímová
Translation: Markéta Effenbergerová
Proofreading: Michal Jurza
Special thanks to: Bára Kurtinová, Jan Šrámek, National Gallery Prague, VUT


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The project is implemented with the support of the City of Prague, SFK and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic . / The project is supported by the City of Prague and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.