Ivana Kupala Celebration

Ivana Kupala is  the participatory art installation, food and music event based on Ukrainian midsummer celebration on Sat, July 7, 2018 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM at Phytology, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, Middleton Street, London, E2 9RR

Collaborators:

Phytology leads a research project at the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve aimed at exploring the use, value and function of wildness within modern urban ecosystems. Phytology is part physic garden; part cultural institute; part urban wilderness; and a platform for collaboration between the arts, sciences and humanities. www.phytology.org.uk

Merlyn Driver is a musician and singer from Orkney - a small group of islands in the north of Scotland. Trained in ethnomusicology, Merlyn makes music that reflects his exposure to Celtic folk as well as his passion for nature and different musical traditions from around the world.

Olha Pryymak’s current body of work originates in the fascination with folklore surrounding herbs and medicine. For this participatory performance Olha invites the participants to climb inside a provisional healer’s hut to have a cup of tea made from the medicinal plants just harvested off the meadow. This project stems from an ongoing performances/social sculptures held at the artist’s studio or gallery, and is going to be documented in text or video.

Vanessa von Heydebreck is a German-Canadian artist. She studied Fine Arts at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee (Germany), Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Canada) and the University of Tartu (Estonia).By making printed imagery three-dimensional and flattening the function of found objects, she creates sculptural collages that explore one’s innermost feelings, the body that contains them, and how they respond to their surroundings.”

Yva Jung is a visual artist based in London. Jung’s visual art practice is temporal, site-specific, performative and interdisciplinary. The main art forms she works with are moving images, digital prints, installations and improvised encounters. Jung will be presenting the samples of morning dew collected on Mondays throughout 2017. The samples will be available for sale in exchange for stories, poems and songs about Monday. 

This event is family friendly & open to everyone!