Pavilion of Culture

Pavilion of Culture is a young institution that started operating in the spring of 2020. It was founded and led by independent curators, producers, architects, and artists. Pavilion of Culture's aim is to be a reliable space for artistic experiments. Our ultimate mission is to qualitatively change cultural and social ecosystems.

Since the spring of 2020, we have been working on the topic of human coexistence with land. In 2021, Pavilion of Culture held an interdisciplinary exhibition titled "Minerals" ("Корисні копалини") based on video recordings and scenographic solutions of a cycle of three modern operas staged by the Uho music agency on the stage of the National Opera of Ukraine in 2016-2018.

The co-founders of Pavilion of Culture, Iryna Miroshnykova and Oleksii Petrov, are owners of the independent architectural office ФОРМА. Iryna and Oleksii were curating the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura in Venice 2023. One of our goals is the continuity of the publishing activity. Our last publication “Before the Future” (2024) collects the results of the work of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 18th Biennale Architettura in Venice and contains thoughts of nearly 50 professionals about today`s Ukrainian architecture.

We`ve already worked with the theme of fortifications during the Before the Future exhibition at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. We invited Ukrainian researchers to talk about Zmiievi Valy (eng. the Serpent`s Wall) in our publication of the same name. The issue of protective structures also became central in the Checkpoint project installed in Tbilisi, Georgia.