Eurorenovation (Euroremont): the art of concealing

FILYUK, Kateryna

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Eurorenovation (Euroremont): the art of concealing

2020-03-25Conference object

dc.contributor.author	FILYUK, Kateryna
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-25T19:17:32Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-25T19:17:32Z
dc.date.issued	2020-03-25
dc.description.abstract	Soon 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 socio-cultural 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
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dc.identifier.citation	FILYUK, Kateryna – Eurorenovation (Euroremont): the art of concealing in NOTES ON EUROPE. THE DOGMATIC SLEEP. Proc. Edited by Eduarda Neves, Luís Lima e Nuno Faleiro Rodrigues. Porto: CEAA / ESAP-CESAP, 2020, p. 97-104	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-972-8784-96-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/31897
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.publisher	CEAA/ESAP-CESAP	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/31889	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Eurorenovation	pt_PT
dc.subject	mimicry	pt_PT
dc.subject	architecture	pt_PT
dc.subject	decommunisation	pt_PT
dc.title	Eurorenovation (Euroremont): the art of concealing	pt_PT
dc.type	conference object
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Porto	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	104	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	1	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	97	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	NOTES ON EUROPE. THE DOGMATIC SLEEP. Proc.	pt_PT
rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	conferenceObject	pt_PT