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The summer exhibition presents two art projects created several decades apart, yet sharing many similarities. In the outdoor atrium, ‘Odesa’ by Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk is presented, based on the sold-out book of the same name (GOST Books, 2022).
Photographed during a time of increasing waves of protests and attacks, the portrait series of Odesa’s rebellious youth is both a powerful documentation of Ukraine’s transition to war and a visual ode to the city.
Inside the Project Space, Mark Leckey’s 1999 seminal video montage ‘Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore’ is screened with a custom-made sound system by Tim Bird. Using archival footage from British dance floors to depict the underground club scene in the UK from the 1970s to the early 90s, ‘Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore' is set against a backdrop of cultural, social, political, and economic turmoil.
Both Yemchuk and Leckey resonate with youth culture’s power to construct political narratives, offering a deeper, more universal understanding of both history and place.