ROMAN KHIMEI & YAREMA MALASHCHUK
March 2023: Art At The Rendon hosted two Ukranian filmmakers, Roman Khimei, and Yarema Malashchuk for 3 months at a private pop-up artist residency studio in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. This residency was a part of Kyiv to LA, in collaboration with Marathon Screenings & 18th Street Arts Center.
The project was a joint exhibition and residency project that supports Ukrainian arts at a time when Ukrainian sovereignty and culture are under attack. Art At The Rendon hosted a film screening and potluck dinner with the artists on Thursday, March 30th, marking the end of the artists’ residency and celebrating with a gathering before they returned to Ukraine.
Recognized for their work within Eastern and Western European institutions and biennales, this project marked the first time these artists and historians presented their work to audiences in Los Angeles.
@yaremaandhimey // yaremaandhimey.com / @artattherendon / artattherendon.com // @RendonMedia / www.rendonmedia.com
Camera: Paul Duran-Lemos & Ralph Ziman
Drone: Max Ziman Lighting: Paul Duran-Lemos
Camera: Michelle Homami Executive
Producer: Cindy Schwarzstein
Edit: Paul Duran-Lemos
Films Used (Courtesy of Yarema & Roman): How It’s Made // Live Stream // Dedicated to the Youth of the World II // Explosions Near the Museum
A RENDON MEDIA Production
ABOUT // THE ARTISTS
Collaborating at the edge of visual art and cinema since 2013, Kyiv-based artists and filmmakers, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk graduated as cinematographers from the Institute of Screen Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Focusing on the role of the extra, their works engage with imperialist mythologies. They were awarded the main award of the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2020), VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize (2021), as well as the Grand Prix at the Young Ukrainian Artists Award (MUHi 2019). Their debut documentary “New Jerusalem” premiered at Docudays UA IFF 2020 and received the Special Mention Award at Kharkiv MeetDocs. The duo also participated in the Future Generation Art Prize 2021, a group exhibitions at Haus der Kunst, Baltic Triennial 14, M HKA, post-MoMA, HMKW Dortmund, Museum Morsbroich. Their video works are in collections of Frac Bretagne, Fondazione In Between Art Film and Seven Gravity Collection.
Yarema and Roman are members of the Prykarpattian Theater art collective which recently established the project Theater of Hopes and Expectations between Düsseldorf, Germany and Sloboda-Kukharska, Ukraine.