Spomyny

Спомини [spomyny] is a Ukrainian word for “memories” or even “memoirs”.
The work derives from personal and communal accounts of the recent years of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the form of sonic artefacts collected by Bulgakova, which presents itself through the installation created out of metres and metres of insulation pipes.
Discovering one channel at a time and layering the sounds through the pipes, the audience is invited to unveil a non-linear narrative assembled out of intimate encounters of the artist and her struggles in between being abroad and returning home in the past years, collected testimonies and conversations with friends, family and strangers in Ukraine, found footage recordings through social media and news channel which capture glimpses of extreme experiences within everyday reality.
Spomyny, originated from an earlier work by Bulgakova called Sonic Sprawl, using the same physical material, delves deeper into the theme of personalised storytelling and references the source of the insulation tubing, which was found in 2018 at a shipyard in Amsterdam where a lot of men from a Ukrainian community were working at the time.

I shared my own feelings, observations, and encounters, hoping they’d become something wider. Spomyny holds intimate moments alongside collected voices, letting personal memory sit next to shared experience, so what feels sometimes isolating and singular can be recognised by many.

PRODUCTION 1:
Studio Sophia Bulgakova - Sophia Bulgakova,
Goeman Borgesiusstraat 57
1067LS Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel: +31 625517306
E-mail: sophia.bulgakova@gmail.com
Web: www.sophiabulgakova.com
Social Media: @sophiabulgakova - Instagram

PRODUCTION 2:
iii (Instrument Inventors Initiative) - Yolanda Uriz, Jasper van den Berg,
Willem Dreespark 312
2531SX The Hague, Netherlands
Tel: + +34 650 659 223
E-mail: yolanda@instrumentinventors.org
Web: www.instrumentinventors.org
Social Media: @instrumentinventors - Instagram

PRODUCTION 3:
Rewire - Bronne Keesmaat,
P.O Box 243
2501CE The Hague, Netherlands
Tel: +31 27025151
E-mail: hello@rewirefestival.nl
Web: www.rewirefestival.com
Social Media: @rewirefestival – Instagram

PRODUCTION 4:
Real Pictures - Regina Maryanovska-Davidzon,
5 S. Krushelnitska Str.
02140 Kyiv, Ukraine
Tel: +380 665597409
E-mail: info@realpictures.com.ua
Web: www.realpictures.com.ua
Social Media: @realpictures_prod - Instagram

WORLD SALES:
iii (Instrument Inventors Initiative) - Yolanda Uriz
Willem Dreespark 312
2531SX The Hague, Netherlands
Tel: +34 650659223
E-mail: info@instrumentinventors.org
Web: www.instrumentinventors.org
Social Media: instrumentinventors - Instagram

PRESS OFFICE:
Lauren Jetty - iii (Instrument Inventors Initiative)
Tel: +34 650 659 223 / +31 6 49 61 03 10
E-mail: lauren@instrumentinventors.org

Yelyzaveta Sushko
Tel: +380 96 420 98 13
E-mail: mis.sushko.liza@gmail.com

Regina Maryanovska-Davidzon - Real Pictures
Tel: +33603658781 / +3806693531
E-mail: regina@realpictures.com.ua

Additional press officers: Jasper van den Berg - jasper@instrumentinventors.org