The Muzychi Expanded History project

The Muzychi Expanded History project is a private residency program supported and organized by the artist Alevtina Kakhidze. It is taking place in the village of Muzychi, an hour away from Kyiv with public transportation. The studio and accommodation of the resident are personally lent by Alevtina Kakhidze, residency coordinator and neighbor. Due to the qualities of the residency location and context, no specific project or exhibition is expected from the resident, although the program is open to any kind of initiatives and ideas. The resident biography and work will also be included in the book to be published ‘Expanded History of Muzychi, a history of the residencies in Muzychi through the years. The whole concept of the residency program is that Alevtina lends her own studio for the period of the artist’s stay, working in this period of time from the house next door. Alevtina's personal items are hidden inside the furniture, which consists of wooden cubes and a storage-bed, for the comfort of the resident not to be surrounded with them. There are three Central Asian Shepherd dogs in the area. Residents can receive a small workshop on request about how to behave with and befriend them. In case of someone having fear of dogs, there is an additional exit to a residential house, which does not allow the residents to encounter them again. They are loud and audible, and in Ukrainian villages people have dogs outside.