On January 30 in Slovyansk the project “Yellow Line” will kick off and continue the project rediscovering the historical heritage of eastern Ukraine – “Under construction: Museum open II”.
Yellow line symbolizes attracts attention and warns of possible loss. The project “Yellow Line” is a documentation of architectural and monumental heritage objects of the 19th and 20th centuries in the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Since the Soviet era Ukrainian museums have succeeded in representing history selectively. Until now, some institutions resort to painting out inconvenient history and concealing ambiguous facts. This leads to the loss of extremely important knowledge and artifacts. Many valuable architectural buildings and works of monumental art today are under threat of destruction, both for ideological and trivial reasons. “Yellow Line” is intended to outline the important and insufficiently covered modern architectural phenomena and draw attention to them. The photo and video documentation, presented in the format of a museum exhibition, will not only emphasize the need to collect and systematize data about important objects, but also promote them among the local population, thereby encouraging the idea of preserving such monuments.
Schedule of the opening exhibitions:
January 30, 14:00 – Slovyansk, Slovyansk Local History Museum, (Bankivska Street, 31)
January 31, 14:00 – Druzhkivka, Druzhkivka Museum of Arts and History, (Engelsa Street, 112)
January 31, 14:00 – Sievierodonetsk, City Palace of Culture (Prospekt Khimikiv, 28)
February 1, 14:00 – Pokrovske, Pokrovske Historical Museum (Europiska Street, 22)
February 1, 14:00 – Lysychansk, Lysychansk Local History Museum, (Peremohy Avenue, 94,)
February 2, 14:00 – Kostiantynivka, Kostiantynivka Local History Museum, (Trudova Street, 388)
February 2, 14:00 – Rubizhne, City Museum (winners of 21)
February 3, 14:00 – Mariupol, “Ukraine” restaurant (“Metropol”, Myra Street 48)
February 3, 14:00 – Starobilsk, Luhansk Regional Local History Museum, (street Gymnasium 53)
February 4, 14:00 – Dobropillya, Center of Culture and Leisure of Dobropillya, (Aruytynova square )
The exhibitions will be open for attendance for 2 weeks in accordance with the museums’ work schedules.
News of the “Yellow Line” project and announcements of meetings in museums can be found in social media under hashtags #музейвідкритонаремонт, #UCBI #UCMC
Rediscovering Eastern Ukraine Heritage – “Under construction: Museum open II”
The project is organized by the Arts Department of Ukraine Crisis Media Center with the financial support of “Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative” (UCBI II), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
For further information, please contact:
Anna Yatsenko, assistant PR coordinator of the project “UNDER CONSTRUCTION: MUSEUM OPEN II”, [email protected] +38 093 600 17 44
Arif Bagirov, PR coordinator of the project “UNDER CONSTRUCTION: MUSEUM OPEN: Luhansk region,” [email protected], +38 066 374 81 36
Dmytro Zhuravlyov, PR coordinator of the project “UNDER CONSTRUCTION: MUSEUM OPEN: Donetsk region.”, [email protected], +38 095 856 93 86
