Exhibition "(Un)random Gestures"

This exhibition explores control and the precise moment when it ceases to define the creative outcome.

The artists treat the artistic gesture as a state of being within a process and a way of capturing change—as opposed to the achievement of a fixed form.

In Nika Shumeyko’s work, the gesture is linked to allowing the material to manifest itself. Water, soil, rain, and ink act not as controlled tools, but as co-participants in the process. Her work captures both the event itself and its lingering trace.

In Daryna Sviatun’s practice, the gesture occurs through a technical procedure—transferring, scanning, and digital deformation. Archiving here does not merely preserve an image; it alters its mode of existence, shifting the image from a state of representation to a state of presence.

While different environments—natural and digital—produce different types of glitches, the artists work together to capture the moment when a gesture becomes autonomous and fixates a state of being. Both practices evolve within the same studio, sharing a common rhythm of work.