Installation. Photos.
Ropes and cameras

2020 - 2024

GREAT STONE 

 

Hoast artist-run space (Vienna, Austria) 2024 
Copyright: Wolfgang Obermair

 

The Belarus-China partnership plays a key role in China's Silk Road initiative, with the Great Stone Industrial Park in Belarus serving as a key project. Hailed by Xi Jinping as the "pearl" of the Silk Road, this industrial park is more than just an economic hub - it is a satellite city with its own infrastructure and housing, strategically located in Europe with duty-free access to the Eurasian market. While this project symbolises economic cooperation and cultural ties - evident in the introduction of the Chinese language in Belarusian schools and bilingual signage in Minsk - this connection remains primarily economic and political, with little impact on the daily lives of Belarusians.

In her exhibition, Lesia Pcholka explores this cultural dichotomy, seeing migration as a catalyst for global cultural exchange. She interprets the interaction between Belarus and China as a new coalition of cultural spaces and reflects on how these exchanges influence everyday practices. Through her work, maps on tea tables while embedded security cameras highlight the repressive tactics of both countries. Her art seeks to uncover the cultural codes of the post-Soviet and Asian worlds and their artificial unification. By transforming the gallery space into a botanical garden, Lesia creates conditions for the integration of immigrant plants into everyday life. This work examines the visible dialogue at the political level and the invisible communication and unification that takes place within society.

Kolonia Artystów. Dolne Miasto, 2021 
Gdansk, Poland

Hoast artist-run space (Vienna, Austria) 2024
Copyright: Wolfgang Obermair