Exhibition "Pharmacy of the Heavens"

On June 5 at 18:30, the Artsvit Gallery will host the opening of the exhibition "Pharmacy of the Heavens" by Dnipro-based creators: painter Volodymyr Gabuda and sound artist Oleksandr Suprun.

The exhibition combines painting, poetry, and a spatial audio installation. "Pharmacy of the Heavens" continues a long-term artistic project that Volodymyr Gabuda has been developing in recent years. This new cycle emerges as the next chapter following the exhibition "Mutations," showcased in 2025 at the Dnipro Art Museum. While "Mutations" focused on trauma as a protective reaction and on unconscious mechanisms of resistance,"Pharmacy of the Heavens" addresses a state where the traumatic alterations of reality have already become a part of everyday life, demanding conscious "healing" actions.

At the core of the project is the concept of space as a manifold and unstable environment where fear, exhaustion, movement, and hope coexist simultaneously. The artist raises the question of responsibility for one's own reaction: whether we can resist automatic impulses and instead act mindfully, without amplifying the surrounding darkness.

"Pharmacy of the Heavens" speaks to the necessity of coexisting with this reality—without escaping it and without reflexively reproducing violence—and invites the viewer to journey from the experience of trauma and darkness toward the search for internal grounding and modes of resistance.

In his practice, the artist draws on dreams, memories, and bizarre imagery that shape his own mythological space. The artworks do not form a linear narrative; rather, they are fragments of internal states intertwined through the logic of a dream. The poetry featured in the exhibition complements this space with another layer of perception.

A vital element of the exhibition is the collaboration between Volodymyr Habuda and Oleksandr Suprun, whom the painter met during the DCCC "Imaginary City" residency in 2024. In the audio installation created specifically for the exhibition, Oleksandr Suprun works with a three-channel soundscape: each audio track corresponds to a distinct part of the exposition, yet they all play simultaneously and shift depending on the viewer's movement through the space.

Consequently, the visitor becomes a direct participant in the audiovisual experience, influencing their own perception of the exhibition. This principle reinforces the central idea of the show—the importance of perspective, mindfulness, and the ability to direct one's own focus within a constantly transforming reality.

The project's curator, Oleksandra Shovkun, notes that "Pharmacy of the Heavens" is not so much an investigation of trauma as it is an attempt to comprehend how a person coexists with a traumatic reality, and what forms of internal movement help one avoid remaining trapped within the darkness. The project reflects on resilience, inner motion, and the search for strength that allows one to bypass automatic reactions and consciously focus on what helps a person keep from losing themselves.

The exhibition will be on view until August 8, 2026.

Admission is free. 1st floor.

Volodymyr Gabuda was born in 1990 in Dnipro. He works with painting, graphics, and poetry. He graduated from the Dnipro Theater and Art College, majoring in Fine Arts. The key principle of his work is the integrity of his own mythological space, which thrives on the narratives of bizarre memories and fantasy. He lives and works in Dnipro.

Oleksandr Suprun was born in 1999 in Dnipro. He is a sound artist and a participant in the independent experimental scene, known under the alias Trancedænce. In his music, he combines methods of free improvisation, psychedelia, noise, schizoanalysis, and situationism. Each musical session is entirely unique, aiming to convey the atmosphere of the surroundings and the context in which it unfolds. The project maintains a balance between self-irony and ethereal intimacy, channeling the ideas of anarchism not only in a political light, but also within the realms of metaphysics, society, aesthetics, and logic. He lives and works in Dnipro.