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.

“Red Zone”, Tram Stop at Troeschina, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021. © Daria Pugachova. Photo: Alex Charey

Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021.