IZOLYATSIA Foundation: Platform for Cultural Initiatives () is an
art centre created in
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...
,
Ukraine
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, in 2010 on the site of a former insulating materials factory. Due to the
war in eastern Ukraine, the foundation was evacuated to
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
in 2014.
History
The Izolyatsia Foundation was established in 2010 by Lyubov Mikhailova, the daughter of the last Soviet director of an insulation materials plant on that territory. After the collapse of the
USSR
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the plant was closed due to the destruction of the whole infrastructure of which it had been part.
During the first years of operation of the foundation, more than 20 art projects were fulfilled. Among artists who worked here are world stars including
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang (; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist.
Biography
Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. His father, Cai Ruiqin, was a calligrapher and traditional painter who worked in a bookstore. As a res ...
,
Daniel Buren
Daniel Buren (born 25 March 1938, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French conceptual artist, painter, and sculptor. He has won numerous awards including the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1986), the International Award for ...
,
Boris Mikhailov Boris Mikhailov may refer to:
* Boris Mikhailov (Comintern), representative of the Communist International to the US in 1929-30
* Boris Mikhailov (photographer) (born 1938), fine art photographer
* Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)
Boris Petrovich M ...
,
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist living and working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He creates platforms for public participation by using robotic lights, digital fountains, computerized survei ...
, as well as almost all promising young Ukrainian artists: Zhanna Kadyrova, Apl315, Roman Minin, Ivan Svitlychny, Hamlet Zinkivsky, and others.
On June 9, 2014, the Izolyatsia Foundation's premises were seized by
DPR militants who planned to use a bomb shelter and a warehouse on the territory of the former plant. The foundation had to evacuate to Kyiv. Only part of the exhibits were transported; library, equipment, the shop, and works that could not be taken out were destroyed or looted by militants. In Kyiv, the foundation is located on the site of the Kyiv Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant on Naberezhno-Luhova Street.
According to media reports, the premises of the Izolyatsia Foundation in Donetsk are
used as a prison by DPR militants. In particular, this information was confirmed by the foundation's founder Lyubov Mykhailova and former prisoners of the DPR.
Far-right groups have targeted the Izolyatsia cultural platform for attacks between 2014 and 2019.
Famous projects
2011 — Audio-visual project "Soundproofing" ({{Langx, uk, ЗвукоІзоляція, translit=ZvukoIzoliatsiia)
2011 — Program of photo-residences "Partly cloudy"
2011 — Art project "Cai Guo-Qiang — 1040 meters underground"
References
External links
IZOLYATSIA Platform for Cultural Initiatives(official website)
What is ‘Izolyatsia’ and IZONE?
2010 establishments in Ukraine
Art museums and galleries established in 2010