Description
From the meeting with the employees of the Planoise district authority, the Ukrainian artist drew a series of portraits that he materialized into sculptures, before going to install them in the open air, in their favourite corners of the district.
Action
Bien Urbain 8
1 month: From 8th june to 8th july 2018
Site: Hôp Hop Hop (Besançon, FR)
Associate artist: Brad Downey (US)
16 guest artists : Christian Eisenberger (AUT), Julien Fargetton (FR), John Fekner (US), Somaticae (FR), Olivier Grossetête (FR), Deana Kolenčiková (CZ), Cie La Méandre (FR), Jérôme Fino (FR), Igor Ponosov (RU), Yevgen Samborsky (UKR), Santiago Sierra (ES), Helmut Smits (NL), Brad Troemel (US), Vladimir Turner (CZ), Jazoo Yang (KOR), Brad Downey (US)
Biography
Born in 1984 in Ukraine, Yevgen Samborsky lives and works in Kiev. He’s interested in history as in everyday life. His work questions the repetition of everyday’s life and is all about assemblies, which he likes to build collectively, with project companions: passers-by, children, psychiatric patients, etc.
Photo credits
Élisa Murcia-Artengo