Join artist Serhiy Demchuk and ZIP Group for a sonic procession through Berlin. Beginning at ifa Gallery Berlin and culminating in the courtyard of ACUD KUNST HAUS, this participatory happening transforms found dry roots into living instruments.
Using a unique technique developed by Demchuk, the roots—gathered across Berlin—will be used to extract natural sounds, capturing the pulse hidden within wood. The event is a part of the project Once We Were Trees, Now We Are Birds and invites participants to tune into the rhythms resonating from the inner vibrations of the trees, balancing roots in their hands to create a collective echo—a breathing organism, an orchestra woven into the urban soundscape.
Artists
ZIP group was created in 2009 in Krasnodar. The group ZIP is the founder of the Krasnodar Institute of Contemporary Art (KICA), the independent festival of street art CAN, the art residence Pyatikhatki and co-founder of the Krasnodar Center for Contemporary Art “Typography”. The name of the group is the abbreviation of the Krasnodar Factory of Measuring Devices (ZIP), where until 2015 the artist’s studio was located. In their works, the ZIP Group refers to the themes of labour, community and self-organization, turning its total installations into utopian spaces for work, recreation and interaction. ZIP Group consists of Evgeny Rimkevich (b. 1987 Armavir, Russia), Vasily Subbotin (b. 1991 Krasnodar, Russia), Stepan Subbotin (b. 1987 Krasnodar, Russia). Now ZIP Group lives and works in Berlin and Yerevan.
Serhiy Demchuk has graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in Journalism. Since 2024 he has been based in Berlin, actively involved in the city’s art scene as a performer and artist.
Curated by Anna Karpenko
