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philomena+ and Office Ukraine are happy to invite you to participate in the Guided Tour of a joint art project by artists Imran Channa and Kateryna Lysovenko at philomena+.

The post-anthropocene landscape in the aftermath of the worst nuclear disaster forms the central focus of the collaborative exhibition project “A Fable for Tomorrow”.

Imran Channa (*in Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan, lives and works in Amsterdam), who was invited for an artist residency this fall by philomena+, often uses archive materials in his artistic work. Based on this, he employs game development software for the creation of immersive 3D landscapes that refer to a speculated future. He digitally navigates the viewer through the monstrous architecture of the accident site, a nuclear power plant after the meltdown.

Kateryna Lysovenko (* in Kyiv, Ukraine, lives and works in Vienna) refers in her painting to the Red Forest, the exclusion zone in Chernobyl after the nuclear disaster of 1986. Due to the high levels of radiation, the pine trees turned reddish-brown and died, and mutations in the genetic material of humans and animals occurred. After the evacuation of the people, more animals moved into the area. In the years that followed, the diversity of fauna and flora in the Red Forest increased significantly. Nature in this area not only seems to have survived, but also thrived.

In the course of the event, director Christine Bruckbauer from philomena+ will present the art space as well as the exhibition and Kateryna Lysovenko will talk about her work.

After the official program, there will be an opportunity for informal discussions over Hot Punch and Christmas bakery.

The exhibition A Fable for Tomorrow at philomena+ will be shown until December 28, 2024.