Exhibition by Tetiana Ovsiichuk “The Premiere That Won’t Happen”

On November 9, the opening of the exhibition by Tetiana Ovsiichuk “The Premiere That Won’t Happen” took place as part of the annual Spilne Art program in the 3.6.9 Space Kyiv.

“The Premiere That Won’t Happen” is an exhibition where art installation, painting, music, photography, theater and cinema are combined in one multidimensional artistic composition.

This is an exhibition about memory, pain and cultural heritage, created by the artist, costume designer, painter and installation artist – Tetiana Ovsiichuk and the contemporary art platform Spilne Art.

The musical canvas of the exhibition was created by the music director, singer, composer and choirmaster – Susanna Karpenko. The author of the photos is the photographer Sonia Plakydiuk. The film-performance is directed by Nikon Romanchenko and the cinematographer Mykhailo Liubarsky. The performances of the exhibition “The Premiere That Will Not Happen” are attended by theater and film actors Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Marina Koshkina, Vitalii Azhnov, Tetiana Mikhina, Susanna Karpenko.

This is a story about generations that were deprived of the opportunity to write their own play. About a culture that grows despite itself on scorched earth.

“The play was not written because Ukrainian writers were destroyed. Burnt out, uprooted generations through time and to this day. A dialogue of generations that did not take place. A consistently interrupted inheritance that carries confusion.” – Tetiana Ovsiichuk

Act One: “The Wedding”

Act “The Wedding” is about memory and ritual, about oblivion, about pain and joy, the sanctity of celebration, sacred importance. Orphan’s wedding, loneliness and solitude, doomed to a fate we do not know.

Act Two: “Lamentation”

In the folk tradition, lamentation is a way to experience loss, to give form to pain, to allow oneself to let go. In this act, it becomes a musical-verbal therapy, in which tenderness, longing, despair and rebirth are experienced through “singing-crying”. From this singing-crying, a lullaby is born – a symbol of memory, life and continuation.

The exhibition will run from November 9, 2025 to January 11, 2026 at 24 Stryletska Street. You can find out more about the annual exhibition program on the Instagram pages of the Spilne Art platform and 3.6.9 Space Kyiv.

The full list of works in the exhibition can be found at the link