Construction - festival of contemporary art and music in urban space

Construction festival was created by a group of friends 5 years ago in the mecca of industrialism and rocket building. Guided by the idea of the decentralization of cultural processes and overcoming the humanitarian crisis; motivated by the events in the social, economical, and political fields of Ukraine, the organizers came to the conclusion that now is the best time for cultural projects in Dnipro. Dnipro is an ideal city for contemporary art and music. It is a cultural desert with an industrial, post-soviet spirit, unfinished buildings, abandoned spaces and a symptoms of a «closed city». The festival combines topics of social and cultural development, and creative needs of people living in post-industrial and post-soviet cities using technologies, digital art and social critical art as a tools

During the last 5 festivals, 50 different locations of Dnipro were used: the Southern railway station, Planetarium, Aquarium, Botanical Garden, The Palace of Organ and Chamber Music, Dnipro Philharmonic, The Palace of Illich, Volodarsky Factory, the science library of DNU and a lot of others. More than 200 participants from Ukraine, EU countries, USA, and Japan presented their performances, art installations, and musical projects. They shared their experiences and inspired us through their successful cultural and educational practices.

Festival venues: Contemporary Culture Center in Dnipro, Interpipe Factory

Festival in numbers: the last fifth edition – June 2018, 9 locations, 42 participants, 3000 visitors

The target audience of the festival: active youth aged from 17 to 35, creative community without age restrictions. The general audience is the inhabitants of the city, regions around festival locations, Central and Eastern Ukraine. Audience of the festival events min 3000 visitors. Media viewers: over 20000.

Last year's artists:

Andrey Kiritchenko, Alla Zahaikevych, Daniil Galkin, Anton Lapov, Yanina Prudenko, Serhiy

Petluk, Open Group, Benno Voorham (SE), Credit 00 (DE), Felix Kubin (DE), Dave Phillips (CH), Gamardah Fungus, Jacek Sienkiewicz (PL), Ostudinov, Robert Henke (DE), Sport and Music, Sommer, Stanislav Tolkachev, Subforms, Submatukana, Tenpoint, Ujif_Notfound, V4W.enko, Vualitron, Zelenshum, ZSUF, Stanislav Abraham (CZ), Arma Agharta (LT), Blazej Malinowski (PL), Dtekk (PL), Edward Sol, Motoblok, Lyudska Podoba, Kenta Nakagawa (JP), Tom Terrien (FR), Mads Emil Nielsen (DK), Isak Eldh (SE), David Sabel/Birds Ov Paradise (SE), Christian Pallin (SE), Tyto Alba (CZ), Michaela Svedova (CZ), Piotr Kurek/Heroiny (PL), Arturas Bumsteinas (LT), AWOTT (RU), Pink Crash (FR), Blck Box, Kuba Snopek (PL), Antanas Dombrovskij (LT), Gaile Griciute (LT), DZ’OB, Ksztalt, Vova Vorotniov, Sasha Kurmaz, Heinali, Kajsa Magnarsson (SE), Maria Veits (RU), Modvs (DE), Monocube, OBSRR (LT), Philipp Quehenberger (AT), Piotr Marecki (PL), Theaterlabor Bielefeld (DE), Volosi Ptitz, Kurs Valut, Anastasia Vepreva (RU), Tamir Zadok (IL), Amistad, Andreas Ullrich (DE), Ania Shapiro (DE), Dana Levy (IL), Daniel Kiczales (IL), Hannah Karlsson (SE), Lucas Vogt (FI), Mai Omer (IL), Mika Motskobili (GE), Nikolaienko, Nir Evron (IL), Nira Pereg (IL), Ohad Fishof (IL), Olia Sosnovskaya, Petrov, Rebecca Evanne (SE), Roman Osminkin (RU), Rona Yeffman (IL), Shvemy Sewing Cooperative (UA/RU), Tanja Schlander (IL), Tomek Świetlik (PL), Alina Yakubenko, Fantastic Little Splash, Korinsky (DE), Mitya Churikov, AVA Kolektiv (CZ), AZA (GR), Gaute Granli (NO), Alexandr Zaloopin (RU), Izabela Smelczynska (PL), Pacou (DE), NENE Н. (TR), Vaia (UR), Zeleni Sestry, R.Zatz.

Team of the festival: 13 persons; Volunteers: 30 persons

Funding: International funds - 30%; International culture institutions – 20%; Local budget – 20%; Revenue from the tickets – 10%; Personal investment – 9%; Crowdfunding – 5%; Sponsors – 3%; Local patrons – 2%; Merchandising – 1%

Festival collaborated with: Austrian Cultural Forum, Goethe-Institut, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Czech Centre, Polish Institute, Lithuania Cultural Institute, KulturRadet, Alliance Française

Festival was supported by: ALDA European Assosiation for Local Democracy, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Artis Grant Program, USAID, Federal Foreign Office, municipal program “Cultural Capital”, Swedish Art Council, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Kunst Stifftung NRW