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Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Open World, 2025

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Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Khimei
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Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Open World, 2025

Single-channel video installation, color, sound

Overall dimensions variable

Produced by TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, 2025. Supported by the Pontevedra Art Biennial

 

Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei are a Kyiv-based artist duo working at the intersection of video art, film, and performance. Collaborating since 2013, they draw from both cinematic language and documentary strategies to explore questions of collective memory, identity, and historical trauma—often grounded in the socio-political realities of Ukraine. Their work is known for its poetic and deeply personal approach, frequently blending archival materials with staged elements to challenge perceptions of time, nationhood, and representation.

 

In Open World, a young Ukrainian boy who fled his war-torn neighborhood with his family reconnects with his past through a military-grade robotic dog, now repurposed as a conduit for memory and presence. From abroad, he remotely navigates familiar streets, encountering old friends, neighbors, and the remnants of a life left behind. Blurring the boundaries between surveillance and intimacy, this video-based installation explores themes of displacement, exile, and technological mediation. By transforming a weapon of war into a tool for emotional and spatial reconnection, the work reflects on resilience and the evolving ways technology shapes our ability to remember, return, and remain connected across distance.

 

 

CURRENTLY ON VIEW:

 

Group show: The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, “ORACLE”

Curator: Chus Martínez

Venue: MGLC (Grad Tivoli, Švicarija, Plečnik Auditorium), Museum of Modern Art (MG+), City Art Gallery Ljubljana, Jakopič Promenade - for detailed information, please visit the website of the biennale

Date: June 6, 2025 - October 12, 2025