On finding support in times of post-reality: LEM Station presents a new project by contemporary artist Bohdana Patsiuk

In her installation, the artist depicts paper — as a metaphor for expectations that can become a foundation or betray at any moment. Structures we believed in may turn out to be mere fragments.

On May 30, LEM Station in Lviv hosted the opening of Bohdana Patsiuk’s exhibition “NEOunGROUNDed”. The event gathered around a hundred people who came to share with the artist a common reflection on the future — in which new materials, artificial intelligences, simulations, and hyperrealities become new grounds, or their disappearance.

“When I started working with large-format paper, it was a great discovery for me that paper can resemble a heavy stone structure — one that does not depend on weather conditions and is very difficult to break. This became a kind of reference to how life works. The things, people, circumstances you count on most often behave differently. You can place enormous importance on something that ultimately turns out to be fragile. And conversely — things, circumstances you did not count on, which looked very delicate, unreliable, can show strength and power. They can save you or become a framework”, — Bohdana explains the origin of the exhibition’s concept.

Bohdana Patsiuk’s performance is not only about today’s inner turbulence, but also about tomorrow’s world — where illusions may replace facts, and constructions may replace feelings.

Visitors are invited to reflect: what will be our anchor in times of post-reality? Will we be able to trust what appears real? Will there still be things we can touch — without verifying their authenticity?

“NEOunGROUNDed” will be on view until August 30 inclusive at the LEM Station Art Space, located at 57 Dmytro Vitovsky Street.

About the artist

Bohdana Patsiuk works with classical and new media. She often combines two-dimensionality and three-dimensionality with sound, light, moving images, and computer programs.

For her installations, she likes to complement them with various animated images. The themes that run through her creative process relate to the human being and their interaction with other people and the surrounding environment.

The artist is interested in exploring human needs and instincts, as well as the human capacity to adapt to different conditions. She is also interested in the emotional dimension of personality — in particular, the need to satisfy the sense of security and home. In creating her graphic and moving images, the artist draws on the aesthetics of urbanism to depict everyday human life, as well as the impact of mechanisation on individuals.