NIKITA FREEBOID & HANNA ZVIAHINTSEVA

Nikita FREEBOID is a Ukrainian media artist, educator and cultural manager based in Berlin, mainly working with XR, AV and generative art. He manages VR art festivals, develops art communities (XR Art Ukraine and (rvntoArt Ukraine), builds virtual galleries in the metaverse. His virtual experience “Metacouncil” was presented at Ars Flectronica 2070 (In Kepler’s Gardens). He teaches XR art at Karazin University in Kharkiv, manages and participates in audio-visual am sessions with electronic music and visual art, and curates online exhibitions. He is head of the NGO “Art optimists”.

MARINKA

• 2023

• 5:00

• video with audio

Maryinka, a city previously situated near Donetsk in the Donbas region of Ukraine, had a population of 10,722 in 2001 and 9,829 in 2014. As of March 2023, the city no longer exists due to the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation. The video animation portraying all that is left was created by Hanna and Nikita, who took refuge in Berlin.