{"id":141,"date":"2025-10-02T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/?p=141"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:08:39","slug":"vlodko-kaufman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/en\/vlodko-kaufman-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlodko Kaufman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vlodko Kaufman<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Shadow of the Flag\u2019, 2024, video with sound, 8\u203215\u2033<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vlodko works with happening, performance, installation and artistic provocation and creates related projects at the intersection of theatre and various fields of art: painting, sculpture, graphic art, video and photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video \u2018Shadow of the Flag\u2019 is atypical of Vlodko\u2019s practice, as he had not worked with video for many years and linked its creation to his response to the full-scale invasion. The work critically examines two aspects\u2014the image of the flag itself and the way it is conveyed. The artist focuses on the awareness of personal choice\u2014the piece is a reflection addressed to others, above all, his compatriots. What does the flag mean to each person? What kind of flag appears in the imagination? Kaufman points out that even when the flag is not visible, its sound continues to affect the imagination and conjure up an image which may be different for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist deliberately incorporated the context of a transmitted video signal. The presence of the camera and cameraman is part of the artistic gesture; the recording hand trembles, the image is at times distorted (pixelated to the point of abstraction), and visual \u2018noise\u2019 appears. In this way, Vlodko expresses his distrust of the image as a mediator\u2014an intermediary that can manipulate the viewer, a tool of ideology and propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836418180501_3379979017557757082_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vlodko Kaufman, \u2018Shadow of the Flag\u2019, 2024, video with sound, 8\u203215\u2033<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565115997_1239836378180505_5460120535912187546_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vlodko Kaufman, \u2018Shadow of the Flag\u2019, 2024, video with sound, 8\u203215\u2033<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565161863_1239835484847261_5184635583347392893_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by Wojciech Pacewicz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vlodko Kaufman \u2018Shadow of the Flag\u2019, 2024, video with sound, 8\u203215\u2033 Vlodko works with happening, performance, installation and artistic provocation and creates related projects at the intersection of theatre and various fields of art: painting, sculpture, graphic art, video and photography. 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