Two different (at firstglance) projects are united by the idea of the honest face of Ukrainianrealities. Here and now, simple reflection. Because a little more andcontemporary art, with its installations, projections and visions, willchange into a glittering attraction, only in thegalleries.   Surprise us!" No, we don't want to. Nottoday. Today we offer the only honest way out: to take this reality andchange it into the circus that some people call "contemporary art" -for your pleasure, we proudly present the Sorochinsky Fair of the newage!

The "Genometer" Project is a slot machine, which for 50 cents willdetermine for you the presence of the national identity gene. How muchlonger can we argue whether or not Ukrainians are self-sufficientnation? How much longer can we dig in archives, searching for thehistorical trutn - as if this solves anything? Isn't it easier just tochoose as the starting point the genotype of the great Kobzar (thedefinitive Ukrainian poet, artist, revolutionary] and to determine thepresence of "pure" Ukrainian genes in every recipient. At er all, humancloning is in the near future, so wny not define the "Ukrainian breed"and our relation to it now?

Concept: Natalie Blok
Photo: Max Afanasyev

Project "Traps for the Unnecessary" Vagrants,  invalids,  pensioners,  homeless children - it seems that all of them are the ballast of the Ukrainian state. If not, then why do scrap-metal purchase points, where poor people bring sewer hatches while other people fall in the open pits, still work? Why can homeless children easily buy glue and cigarettes, while pensioners die in the artificially created lines? Isn't it more honest to say: "Yes, these people are unnecessary. Let's get rid of them!" And pass the appropriate laws. The Project "Traps for the Unnecessary" is a proposal by an independent advertising agency for advancing products that destroy the problems of Ukrainian social at their roots.

Concept: Dmytro Antonov Graphics: Max Afanas'ev, Semen Khramtsov, Anastasiya Mikheyeva