Secondary Archive

Plakati Mesta žensk + Secondary Archive: Odmevi Manifeste 14 - GT22 datum, ura otvoritve (trajanje razstave), prostor: 25. 03. ob 17:00 v i/NFOTOČKA, Glavni trg 22, Maribor / do 27. 04. kratek opis: Majhna razstavna serija, ki odpira arhive, tokrat predstavlja delčke dveh pomembnih platform. Izbor plakatov festivala Mesto žensk in spletni arhiv ženskih umetnic c...

Meet — a Ukrainian q***r artist, filmmaker, actress, and performer whose work moves between experimental cinema, performance, and video art. Born in Vinnytsia and currently working between Kyiv, Odesa, and Warsaw, she explores the darker layers of the human psyche through bold, ritual-like visual narratives.

Her artistic practice investigates themes such as fear, sexuality, death, and social taboos, examining how these subjects function within the public imagination and collective consciousness. Through performative video works that blend fiction, documentary elements, and experimental aesthetics, AntiGonna constructs images that resemble symbolic rituals — attempts to confront and tame the anxieties of existence.

Often autobiographical yet expressed through metaphor, her work addresses personal trauma, gender identity, and the experiences of marginalized communities, exploring how art can become a therapeutic space and a tool for social openness toward difference.

By bringing hidden fears and repressed desires into visibility, AntiGonna challenges societal prohibitions and invites audiences to confront what is usually kept in silence.

Read AntiGonna’s full statement on secondaryarchive.org in the Artists section.

Four years have passed since February 24, 2022 — the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a date that profoundly reshaped the lives, practices, and realities of Ukrainian women artists.
In this conversation with curators Kateryna Iakovlenko, Oksana Briukhovetska, and Alya Segal, the project “Women Artists in War” reflects on how the artistic language of Ukrainian women artists has evolved since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

The Ukrainian section of Secondary Archive was launched just hours before the invasion began. The very next day, war transformed not only everyday life, but also the role of art — as testimony, archive, and a form of resistance shaped by loss, displacement, and survival.

These voices remain crucial: not only as artistic expressions, but as living documents created under the conditions of war, uncertainty, and ongoing violence.

As we mark the fourth year since that day, we will soon return to these artists, as well as to new testimonies that continue to emerge.

We also take this moment to remember Marharyta Polovinko, one of the artists featured on the Secondary Archive platform, who lost her life on the front on April 5, 2025.

Read the full conversation on secondaryarchive.org in the Essays section.

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Минуло чотири роки від 24 лютого 2022 року — дня повномасштабного вторгнення Росії в Україну, який докорінно змінив життя, практики та реальність українських художниць.
У розмові з кураторками Катериною Яковленко, Оксаною Брюховецькою та Алею Сегал проєкт «Women Artists in War» осмислює, як художня мова українських мисткинь змінилася від початку повномасштабної війни.

Українська частина Secondary Archive була запущена буквально за кілька годин до початку вторгнення. Уже наступного дня війна змінила не лише повсякденність, але й роль мистецтва — як свідчення, архіву та форми спротиву, сформованої досвідом втрати, переміщення та виживання.

Ці голоси залишаються надзвичайно важливими: не лише як мистецькі висловлювання, але й як живі свідчення, створені в умовах війни, невизначеності та триваючого насильства.

Відзначаючи четвертий рік від тієї дати, ми незабаром повернемося до цих художниць, а також до нових свідч

Women’s stories as history.
Women’s testimonies as research.

Secondary Archive gathers women’s personal narratives and artistic practices from Central and Eastern Europe, offering a research platform for exploring the region’s history and art history.

Welcome to Secondary Archive!