Join us this weekend for the video presentation of 'Riding towards the sunset' by Lia Dostlieva & Andrii Dostliev at Malmaison Open Doors 10
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Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th November, 4-9pm
📍Malmaison studios
Calea Plevnei 137C
1st floor, studio 16
"Nowadays migration can be portrayed as ‘the quintessential experience’ since market forces, wars and environmental disasters have uprooted an unprecedented number of people. Nevertheless, according to researchers, migrants have to cope with discriminatory rhetoric and increasing stigmatisation – both individually and collectively – while complex and diverse reasons which lead to migration are generalised and simplified in order to create marginalised imagery of newcomers in the hosting community.
In this project, we address negative stereotypes and myths surrounding migration, both voluntary and forced. We also explore notions of the migrant body, violence, contested identities, belonging, food and hospitality in narratives about migration. We are approaching those issues through regressive culinary practices and the image of meat and sausage both as symbols of wealth and of a lack of high moral standards and cultural needs."
The work has been Commissioned for the exhibition Chronic Desire – Sete Cronică,
in the framework of the Opening of Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture.
Andrii Dostliev is a Ukrainian-Polish artist, curator, and photography researcher. Andrii's primary areas of interest are memory, trauma, decolonial practices in Eastern Europe, gay history of Ukraine, and the limits of photography as a medium. Andrii's art practice works across photography, video, drawing, performance, and installation.
Andrii's residency in Bucharest has been organized through cooperation with Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art and supported by Adam Mickiewicz Institute within the frame of Arc Bucharest 2025 project co-financed by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund Romania (AFCN).
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