Waiting For...

Ukrainian Festival

What are you waiting for?
Theater im Bahnhof and Office Ukraine Graz invite you to answer this question during the one-week multidisciplinary festival WAITING FOR... As visitors, you can exchange ideas with the Ukrainian artists and guests about waiting and explore your own emotional experiences that arise in the state of waiting.

Festival Program

Tuesday, 3.12.2024
EXHIBITION LAB: Waiting Room
Opening: 18:00, Free entry; Opening by: Nastia Khlestova; Performative Monologue: Monika Klengel
Artists: Anton Tkachenko, Eva Fomitski, Jura Golik;
Curated by: Anton Tkachenko
Duration: Wednesday, 4.12-Saturday, 7.12.2024, 15:00 - 20:00
Closing Event: Saturday, 7.12.2024, 22:00
Free entry

The Graz-based Ukrainian visual artists will transform one of the theatre spaces into their temporary studio. Throughout the week, the artists will collect stories about waiting from the audience and offer their artistic interpretation in return by creating the artworks directly on site and assembling them in the theatre space.

Friday, 6.12.2024, 18:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: Waiting for… & OFFICE UKRAINE BOOK PRESENTATION
Moderation: Pia Hierzegger,  Panelists:....
Free entry. Please register via office.graz@artistshelp-ukraine.at

What can happen in the time of waiting? During the discussion, Ukrainian artists living in Graz and their supporters will thematise the parallel experiences of uncertainty and empowerment. In addition, the recently published book ”Office Ukraine. Two years of support for Ukrainian artists” will be presented.

Friday, 6.12 & Saturday, 7.12.2024, 17:00 - 20:00
ART+CRAFT PRESENTATION
Free entry.

Saturday, 7.12.2024, 18:00 - 22:00
ON STAGE- 4 PERFORMANCES: WAITING STATE
Artists: Oleksandr Halishchuk, Yuliia Iliukha+Eva Maria Hofer, Liliia Kryvets, Nina Eba+Verena Schneider, ZhiZhi NiNi.
The programme will be held in English.

An evening with a series of performances will conclude the festival week. Using various methods and media (audiovisual installations, music, singing, reading, improvisational theatre), the Ukrainian artists will continue the exploration of the state of waiting begun by the visual artists in the exhibition lab.