The ParCommune. Place. Community. Phenomenon
Description
The book is based on research conducted prior to the exhibition of the same name held in October 2016. The aim of the exhibition was to explore the phenomenon of the squat that existed in Kyiv from 1990 to 1994 on Paris Commune Street (now Mykhailivska Street). The book includes articles that reveal the history of the squat, analyse the exhibition activities of its participants, and examine the significance of Parkomuna as a phenomenon in its own right. All information is presented within the historical context of the late 1980s and early 1990s and is supported by archival materials collected by the research platform’s team from participants in the Ukrainian art scene.
Edited and compiled by Tatiana Kochubinska
Translated from Ukrainian into English by Iaroslava Strikha
English editing
Marta Skorupsky
Rahim Rahemtulla
Texts: Kostiantyn Doroshenko, Kateryna Iakovlenko, Tatiana Kochubinska, Ksenia Malykh, Tetiana Zhmurko
Design and layout
Aliona Solomadina
Color correction
Iana Staryk
The volume features photographs by Oleksandr Druhanov, Ihor Holovliov, Yuri Ianovych, Sergey Illin, Ihor Kryvinskyi, Valeriy Miloserdov, Mykola Trokh, Ihor Tyshenko, Oleksandr Shevchuk, as well as anonymous photographs from private archives.
