RED ZONE
I will stand motionless next to the places that do not work during lockdown – cinemas, clubs, restaurants, museums, etc. At each place I’ll spend the same amount of time that we usually spend there. I will use white and red road tape. Its one end is tied to the building and the other one to me. In Red Zone I want to document time – both the period of isolation and the time that we used to spend for specific purposes: waiting for a bus, searching for a book, eating at a restaurant, visiting the museum, going to a concert or watching a movie. I will become a part of this place and coexist with it without original purpose. What is left when the function disappears?
* I made this performance in April 2021, when Kyiv has been in the "red" quarantine zone: all non-food markets, shopping malls, cafes and restaurants are closed. Public transport works only with special passes. Cinemas, night clubs, concert halls, and educational institutions are closed.
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“Red Zone”, Tram Stop at Troeschina, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021. © Daria Pugachova. Photo: Alex Charey
Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021.
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SCHEDUALE
Tram stop at Troeschina - 15 min. Book market 'Petrivka' – 30 min. 'Kyiv Food Market' – 45 min. The National Museum of the History of Ukraine – 60 min. Club 'Atlas' – 90 min. 'Zhovten' cinema – 120 min.
“Red Zone”, The National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021. © Daria Pugachova. Photo: Alex Charey
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