25/04/2026
concert
Disturbed Ground
Heavy Waters - undo despot, Zeynep Schilling oraz alen hast + myk rudik; lights - zeroday
The Core - Khrystyna Kirik, Mark Bain; lights - zeroday
- Disturbed Ground is a collaboration by Kyiv’s ∄ and CTM Festival that brings together Ukrainian and international artists to create new audiovisual performances responding to the ecological consequences of war in Ukraine.
- At the core are two newly commissioned works created by pairing Ukrainian and European artists: undo despot, Zeynep Schilling, Khrystyna Kirik, Mark Bain, and alen hast + myk rudik of u2203 studio. The project is co-curated by ∄, CTM Festival, Mariana Berezovska, and alen hast from u2203 studio, and supported by Goethe-Institut. Disturbed Ground builds on previous artistic investigations held at ∄ in autumn 2024 under the title Echoes of the Earth. Exploring how the force of war imprints itself into land, Khrystyna Kirik and Mark Bain’s The Core uses seismic data recorded during missile strikes, environmental phenomena such as earthquakes, and daily baseline readings. They translate this violence into vibration and sound, layering inaudible yet physically impactful low-frequency waves, sonic winds and frequency pools, dense drones, voice, and high-frequency textures. Enhanced by special lighting from Kyiv artist zeroday, the work unfolds as a journey through five acts, descending from the surface into the depths of the ground. This work is about destruction, but rather than hardening in response to trauma, it asks: what does the land feel, and can we learn to feel with it?
- A collaboration by undo despot, Zeynep Schilling, and alen hast + myk rudik of u2203 studio, Heavy Waters explores the layered and evolving life of rivers in Ukraine, tracing their transformation from mythical entities and life-giving sources to key industrial assets and, now, to sites deeply affected by war. A visual language informed by folklore, scientific research, and ecological documentation is combined with the affective and emotional capacities of sound and composition, transporting the waters and the landscapes they shape and sustain. Waters hold more than just physical matter. They carry memory, trauma and loss that settle beneath the surface. Like buried memories, these sediments may shape the future in ways we cannot yet fully see or understand.
- Disturbed Ground is co-produced by ∄ and CTM Festival with support from Goethe-Institut’s Co-production Fund. Curated by Mariana Berezovska, alen hast & Anastasiia Syradoieva (u2203 Studio), ∄, and CTM Festival.
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