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Eurorenovation (euroremont): The art of concealing

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dc.contributor.authorFILYUK, Kateryna
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T09:59:01Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T09:59:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.abstractSoon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the phenomenon of Eurorenovation emerged ready to help numerous citizens of the newly established Ukrainiain state to get rid of their gloomy past. The movement, disguised as the reorganization of the private space of one’s own home, actually functioned as a face-lift and a cover-up of all sorts of problems instead of the much-needed search for solutions. Plastic euro-windows and euro-doors, dropped ceiling and plastic paneling flooded Ukraine, mimicking European design and eventually the lifestyle while effectively ignoring massive infrastructural problems, poverty and the immense gap between a devastated country in transition and a seemingly flourishing Europe. In 2010, R.E.P. group initiated a long-term project called Eurorenovation aiming at identifying symptoms of this process and consequently apprehending Eurorenovation in its complexity in order to be able to describe similar sociocultural relations in other countries. Over the following years the artists created a series of installations, where they literally copied recognizable trends in the popular interior redesign of Soviet apartments using cheap imported materials. Strange as it may sound, but Europe – Ukraine’s role model – may have fallen into the very same trap. A tendency towards the cosmetic concealment of problem areas and patching up instead of coming up with problem-solving methodologies characterizes European governance in recent years. With that said, the Ukrainian know-how could be of practical value as well as the R.E.P. group visual research that convincingly demonstrate the dangers of the Eurorenovation approach.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was published in a book funded by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the project UIDB/04041/2020 (Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo)pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationFILYUK, Kateryna – “Eurorenovation (euroremont): The art of concealing” in Eduarda Neves (Ed.) WALKING AROUND THE SUN. MACHINES, SPIDERS AND BUCCANEERS | NOTES ON EUROPE. THE DOGMATIC SLEEP. Porto: CEAA/ESAP-CESAP, 2021, pp.30-35.pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-972-8784-89-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/39265
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewednopt_PT
dc.publisherCEAA/ESAP-CESAPpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.48618/CEAA-2021-7354-TM62pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectEuropept_PT
dc.subjectEurorenovationpt_PT
dc.subjectmimicrypt_PT
dc.subjectarchitecturept_PT
dc.subjectdecommunisationpt_PT
dc.titleEurorenovation (euroremont): The art of concealingpt_PT
dc.typebook part
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlacePortopt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage35pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage30pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleWALKING AROUND THE SUN. MACHINES, SPIDERS AND BUCCANEERS | NOTES ON EUROPE. THE DOGMATIC SLEEPpt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typebookPartpt_PT

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