VII Reading

Exercise 21. Read the text C and answer the following questions:

1. What is ARТ KYIV contemporary?

2. Who can participate in ART KYIV contemporary?

3. What is the project’s key objective?

4. What is organizers’ mission?

5. What building is ART KYIV contemporary organized?

6. How many visitors were welcomed to the fair in 2010 during a week?

Text c Welcome to art kyiv contemporary!

Annual international fair ARТ KYIV contemporary is the largest project at Ukrainian art scene featuring the participation of the outstanding contemporary art galleries from Ukraine and internationally. The forum provides a vibrant milieu for artists, gallery owners, curators, critics, collectors and creates a broad perspective for exploring the emerging trends in contemporary art.

ART KYIV contemporary supports the Ukrainian art-market reputation and upgrades the quality of Ukrainian art process. Every year the exposition and selection of special projects become more qualitative. Special parallel program is rich in various experimental and theoretical projects attended by Ukrainian and international artists, curators, art historians, cultural institutions.

ART KYIV contemporary aims to present high quality contemporary art to Ukrainian audience. The project was founded in a bid to generate the environment for an active interaction between collectors, gallery owners, artists and art experts. The project’s key objective is to enhance consolidation of the cultural elite and creative audience that generates ideas and opinions in various areas of contemporary culture. Organizers’ mission is to enrich their visitors’ experience and knowledge about contemporary art processes. Therefore the fair is complemented by the parallel and educational programs including lectures, workshops, movie screenings, performances, activities for children etc.

Since 2010, ART KYIV contemporary has taken place in the museum complex Mystetskyi Arsenal. New space of about 16 sq.m with an exceptional historical aura provides unique opportunities for exhibiting and exploring the contemporary art. Over 35,000 visitors were welcomed to the fair in 2010 during one week, including a record amount of 6,000 visitors during the opening day. 30 galleries exhibited over 200 artists, 80% of which were Ukrainian artists, artworks from 13 private collections were displayed in a special zone «Collections», 38 artists from Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France took part in special exhibitions entitled Street Art Project and Contemporary Video. International Round Table «Museum in the Contemporary Context» was a special event of 5th ART-KYIV contemporary and gathered the prominent directors and curators from 15 international art institutions.

Notes:

1. to upgrade - покращувати

2. Milieu ( syn. Environment) – оточення, середовище

3. bid - заява

4. experience – досвід

Exercise 22. Translate the text D in writing.

Text d Digital art

Digital art, contemporary art in which computer technology is used in a wide variety of ways to make distinctive works. Digital art was pioneered in the 1970s but only came into its own as a viable art form with the widespread availability of computers, appropriate software, video equipment, sound mixers, and digital cameras toward the end of the 20th cent. and the subsequent development of increasingly sophisticated digital tools. A boundary-shattering style, digital art can combine and transform such elements as painting, filmmaking, photography, digital design, video, installation art, sculpture, animation, and sound.

Presented on video screens, digital works may be created of abstract or figurative forms in the artists' choice of millions of shades of color, and may be manipulated so that the images appear, combine, morph, and/or disappear. Digital art also includes works, many of them interactive, made to be viewed on the World Wide Web. Sculpture, too, can be a digital art as a result of rapid prototyping, a technique that “prints out” three-dimensional forms from computer-designed models.

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