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Coagulation, in the context of counterfactual art, is the process of bringing scattered elements together to create a cohesive narrative or concept. One of its functions is to enable the "generalization through fiction," where artists use imaginative scenarios to explore and illuminate hidden realities that may not be readily apparent in the actual world. This artistic approach allows for the gathering of disparate ideas and information into a unified, fictional framework that can shed light on concealed aspects of the history in socio-political context.
Intervention in Chernivtsi’s urban space involved radio advertisements at 14 public transport stops in Ukraine. The audio work cleverly disguises itself as a typical advertisement, offering non-existent services from imaginary design and architectural bureaus. Despite the unconventional approach, no calls learn more
Intervention in Chernivtsi’s urban space involved radio advertisements at 14 public transport stops in Ukraine. The audio work cleverly disguises itself as a typical advertisement, offering non-existent services from imaginary design and architectural bureaus. Despite the unconventional approach, no calls were received during the three-week campaign. Presented by the German-Ukrainian company “BAUHATA LIMITED,” we specialize learn more

Bauhata Imited (WYSIWIG (What You See Is What You Get), 2017

Leo Trotsenko
Produced by Mobile Art Production, Stockholm, 2007 Radio piece, 50 mn, produced in collaboration with SRc Radio, Stockholm Book, 210 p., 16 x 22 cm, published by Propexus, Stockholm Using the structure of a crime novel combined with documentary material, learn more
Produced by Mobile Art Production, Stockholm, 2007 Radio piece, 50 mn, produced in collaboration with SRc Radio, Stockholm Book, 210 p., 16 x 22 cm, published by Propexus, Stockholm Using the structure of a crime novel combined with documentary material, Cape Town – Stockholm (On Thembo Mjobo) explores the strong ties between Sweden and South learn more

Cape Town – Stockholm (On Thembo Mjobo)

Michael Blum
The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society is an organization founded in 1926 by Albert Grass, a man who discovered Freud’s writing while serving in the Signal Corp in France during WWI. Made up of working-class individuals who could not afford learn more
The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society is an organization founded in 1926 by Albert Grass, a man who discovered Freud’s writing while serving in the Signal Corp in France during WWI. Made up of working-class individuals who could not afford to be professional analysts, the Society was driven by the desire to participate in one learn more

Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society

Zoe Beloff
“A Field Guide to Surreal Botany,” expertly edited by Jason Erik Lundberg and Janet Chui, is a charming exploration of fantastical flora through an extensive collaborative collage. This delightful tome, a compilation of imagined plant specimens with striking illustrations, serves learn more
“A Field Guide to Surreal Botany,” expertly edited by Jason Erik Lundberg and Janet Chui, is a charming exploration of fantastical flora through an extensive collaborative collage. This delightful tome, a compilation of imagined plant specimens with striking illustrations, serves as a contemplative counterpart to strict surrealism, embracing the unreal within literature. Applying surrealism’s tenets learn more

Field Guide to Surreal Botany

The “History and Utopia” project traces authentic, albeit seemingly implausible, histories as well as stories that could turn out to be true. Documents and archives are blended with forgeries. The artist reveals what we sometimes don’t want to know or learn more
The “History and Utopia” project traces authentic, albeit seemingly implausible, histories as well as stories that could turn out to be true. Documents and archives are blended with forgeries. The artist reveals what we sometimes don’t want to know or remember. The exhibition’s concept is borrowed from Emil Cioran’s book “History and Utopia,” consisting of learn more

History and Utopia, 2013

Hubert Czerepok
The Institute for Critical Zoologists strives to foster a critical perspective on the way humans observe and interact with animals. Although urban societies are relatively disconnected from animals, our fascination with and examination of them have grown significantly in the learn more
The Institute for Critical Zoologists strives to foster a critical perspective on the way humans observe and interact with animals. Although urban societies are relatively disconnected from animals, our fascination with and examination of them have grown significantly in the past century. Undoubtedly, observing animals holds both allure and enjoyment within societies. Animals convey culturally learn more

Institute for Critical Zoologists

Robert Renhui 
In May 1993, Kiev artists O. Hnylytskyi, M. Mamsikov, I. Oksametnyi, V. Raievskyi, O. Sidor-Hibelynda, I. Chichkan, and N. Filonenko organized and carried out a “criminal performance” in the center of Kiev. The idea was proposed by artist V. Tsagolov. learn more
In May 1993, Kiev artists O. Hnylytskyi, M. Mamsikov, I. Oksametnyi, V. Raievskyi, O. Sidor-Hibelynda, I. Chichkan, and N. Filonenko organized and carried out a “criminal performance” in the center of Kiev. The idea was proposed by artist V. Tsagolov. The group was part of the unofficial artistic community “Parkomuna,” which was located in the learn more

Karl Marx – Père Lachaise

The genesis of the Lebanese Rocket Society unfolded during the early 1960s within the precincts of Haigazian University, an emerging Armenian educational institution in Beirut. Spearheaded by a cadre of enterprising students under the tutelage of Professor Manoug Manougian, a learn more
The genesis of the Lebanese Rocket Society unfolded during the early 1960s within the precincts of Haigazian University, an emerging Armenian educational institution in Beirut. Spearheaded by a cadre of enterprising students under the tutelage of Professor Manoug Manougian, a luminary in the field of mathematics, the Lebanese Rocket Society materialized with the ambitious mission learn more

Lebanese Rocket Society

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
An anonymous and unsuspecting author receives an anonymous online request from the artist himself to write a “scientific paper” titled “The Identity of the Contemporary Artist on the Example of Oskar Dawicki’s Work” (original title: “Tożsamość współczesnego artysty na przykładzie learn more
An anonymous and unsuspecting author receives an anonymous online request from the artist himself to write a “scientific paper” titled “The Identity of the Contemporary Artist on the Example of Oskar Dawicki’s Work” (original title: “Tożsamość współczesnego artysty na przykładzie twórczości Oskara Dawickiego”). The author’s name, Jan Wallenrod, appears on the title page. An extensive learn more

Praca magisterska / Master’s Thesis

Oskar Dawicki
The project was realized in December 2021 at the Pokutian Local History Museum in Ivano-Frankivsk. The project was curated by artist Nikita Kadan. The exhibition is a reconstruction of a significant exhibition in Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) in 1931. This was learn more
The project was realized in December 2021 at the Pokutian Local History Museum in Ivano-Frankivsk. The project was curated by artist Nikita Kadan. The exhibition is a reconstruction of a significant exhibition in Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) in 1931. This was a year when Western Ukrainian (Polish-Ukrainian) modernism (represented by groups such as “Artes,” “Krakow Group,” learn more

Revisonist Syndrome, 2021

Nikita Kadan
In 1985, approximately 320 km from Mexico City, a tectonic rupture occurred in the Cocos Plate. The Mexico City earthquake (Terremoto de México) was one of the most destructive earthquakes in the history of the Americas, with a magnitude of learn more
In 1985, approximately 320 km from Mexico City, a tectonic rupture occurred in the Cocos Plate. The Mexico City earthquake (Terremoto de México) was one of the most destructive earthquakes in the history of the Americas, with a magnitude of 8.1. The main impact was felt in the central and northern areas of Mexico City, learn more

Rumors

Francis Alÿs
* Dream – is literary translation of Mriya — Ukrainian aircraft, the biggest in the world Pavilion of Ukraine at the 58th International art exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 2019. Participants: All Ukrainian artists* (*i.e. all artists who have learn more
* Dream – is literary translation of Mriya — Ukrainian aircraft, the biggest in the world Pavilion of Ukraine at the 58th International art exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 2019. Participants: All Ukrainian artists* (*i.e. all artists who have agreed to participate, 1143 artists) Curator: Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Stanislav Turina and learn more

Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale, 2019

Open group
French artist Pierre Huyghe, commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation in 2003, executed an extensive project titled “Streamside Day Follies.” With access to the small abandoned town of Streamside, Huyghe literally invented traditions for this provincial town in the USA. learn more
French artist Pierre Huyghe, commissioned by the Dia Art Foundation in 2003, executed an extensive project titled “Streamside Day Follies.” With access to the small abandoned town of Streamside, Huyghe literally invented traditions for this provincial town in the USA. The project involved interconnected relationships between three elements: an imaginary community in the Hudson Valley, learn more

Streamside, 2003

Pierre Huyghe
In collaboration with sociologist Andrea Natella, who initiated the project, artists Eva & Franco Mattes launched the experimental media campaign “Ever Dream This Man?”. The project involved distributing hundreds of flyers across various US cities, including New York, Memphis, Nashville, learn more
In collaboration with sociologist Andrea Natella, who initiated the project, artists Eva & Franco Mattes launched the experimental media campaign “Ever Dream This Man?”. The project involved distributing hundreds of flyers across various US cities, including New York, Memphis, Nashville, Austin, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, linking to the website www.thisman.org. The campaign learn more

This Man (2009)

Eva & Franco Mattes
“Triple-Chaser” was created in response to the 2019 Whitney Biennial invitation, independent of the Whitney Museum, in protest of Warren B. Kanders’ involvement with the institution. Kanders, owner of the Safariland Group, whose tear gas grenades were used against civilians learn more
“Triple-Chaser” was created in response to the 2019 Whitney Biennial invitation, independent of the Whitney Museum, in protest of Warren B. Kanders’ involvement with the institution. Kanders, owner of the Safariland Group, whose tear gas grenades were used against civilians in the 2018 US border crisis, was also a vice chair at the Whitney. The learn more

Triple-Chaser (2019)

Forensic architecture
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, learn more
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, and a fictional backstory, the project presented a fictional movie to audiences worldwide. The promotional learn more

United We Stand (2005)

Eva & Franco Mattes
In her series “Untitled Film Stills,” American visual artist Cindy Sherman adopts diverse stereotypical female personas, drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, Film noir, B movies, and European art-house films. These portrayals encompass clichés and feminine learn more
In her series “Untitled Film Stills,” American visual artist Cindy Sherman adopts diverse stereotypical female personas, drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, Film noir, B movies, and European art-house films. These portrayals encompass clichés and feminine archetypes deeply ingrained in the cultural imagination, such as the office girl, bombshell, girl on learn more

Untitled Film Stills

Cindy Sherman