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Installation view: Open World, 2025
36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, Museum of Modern Art (MG+), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2025
Photo: Jaka Babnik. MGLC Archive
2025

Open World

two-channel video projection, sound, 19 min

A few years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a boy who once fled the country returns through a robotic dog. His mechanical avatar wanders through his old neighborhood, visiting relatives, friends, and his childhood home. During this remote journey, he immerses himself in childhood memories and reconnects with his past. The work explores how children forced to leave their homeland maintain an emotional bond with it, and how technology, both a tool of war, reshapes their sense of belonging and resilience.


Directed and filmed by
Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Protagonist
Yaroslav Adamov

Cast
Natalia Adamova
Rodion Adamov
Misha Burtsev
Danyl Zinchenko
Nazar Zinchenko
Adrian Rejdak

Editors:
Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, Phillip Sotnychenko

Sound design
Oleh Holoveshkin

Colorist
Vadym Khudoliy

Сasting
Valeriia Sochyvets

Produced by
Alina Gorlova, Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk

Special thanks to
Adam Simons, Amy Kim, Chloe Hodge, Chus Martinez,
Khortytsia National Training and Rehabilitation Academy

Technical Support
Brit Alliance
Burevii, Ukrainian Military Technologies

Commissioned by
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary for the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts 

Co-commissioned by
RIBBON International, an art program by Ukraine Fund, 2025 

Supported by
Pontevedra Biennial 

Production by
TABOR