YesterLight: Sensing Ruptures of Time

With YesterLight – Sensing Ruptures of Time, Schinkel Pavillon presents the first institutional solo exhibition in Germany by Ukrainian artist Lesia Vasylchenko (b. 1990). She examines the politics of time in an era shaped by war, technological acceleration, and ecological crisis. In her multimedia work, the Kyiv-born artist explores how contemporary conflicts transform not only territories but also perception itself. How has our notion of time shifted in recent years, as we witness world orders collapsing at hyperspeed? Lesia Vasylchenko belongs to a generation that grew up in the wake of Ukraine regaining its independence following the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Since 2014, Ukraine has faced continuous Russian aggression, escalating into the ongoing full-scale invasion that began in 2022. The ongoing war in Ukraine has pushed the limits of how reality is documented. Damage unfolds faster than it can be recorded; threats materialize before they are visible; consequences extend long beyond what any single image can show. In the context of war, seeing is no longer possible where landscapes are erased, where visibility itself collapses under destruction. Satellites, sensors, and algorithms form an extended sensorium in which sensing often bypasses human perception. Vasylchenko’s artistic work is deeply informed by these seismic technopolitical shifts and the fractured reality and perception of time they produce.

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