Author: msumk

Charity Concert by Tempei Nakamura

On October 8, a special evening will take place in Lutsk — a concert by Japanese pianist and composer, virtuoso maestro Tempei Nakamura.

Date: October 8, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM

Venue: the Korsaks’ Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Admission: donation of 300 UAH for the Armed Forces of Ukraine — you can donate by purchasing a ticket on Kontramarka here:

http://bit.ly/4pOuaXi

All proceeds from ticket sales will be directed to the production of military first-aid kits and tactical backpacks for Ukrainian Army medics, provided by the NGO Technopark “Center for Medical Innovations”.

Concert program includes:

• jazz, rock, and famous soundtracks performed with virtuosity;

• several well-known Ukrainian national works;

• Tempei’s original compositions, where classical music meets modern sound.

Tempei Nakamura has performed in the world’s top venues — from Carnegie Hall in New York to concert halls in Spain, Italy, Austria, and Ukraine. His concerts are a combination of virtuosity, sincerity, and a charitable mission. This is not the first time the artist has come to Ukraine to support us in our struggle for freedom.

His musical journey began in Osaka at the age of five, and today he is one of the most renowned Japanese pianists of our time. He has released three albums: “TEMPEIZM”, “TSUBASA”, and “PHOENIX”. Beyond music, he is always dedicated to helping those in need.

🎶 Listen: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tempei

🌐 Artist’s website: http://tempei.com/

Don’t miss the chance to be part of this musical event. Come and support the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the Korsaks’ Museum!

We invite you to join us for intuitive drawing with closed eyes, during which we will experience healing sounds.

We will begin with yoga nidra—a deep relaxation practice, also known as “yogic sleep.” It helps to calm the body, release tension, and dive into the contemplation of the inner space.

Throughout the retreat, sound healing will take place—therapeutic vibrations of natural instruments. This is not just music—it’s sound therapy that impacts the deeper layers of consciousness.

Next, we’ll engage in blindfolded drawing, without control, logic, or attempts to “draw something right.” This is drawing as meditation.

The cost of participation in the retreat is 200 UAH (the price of a full museum ticket).

We look forward to immersing together in the atmosphere of harmony, creativity, and deep self-discovery.

See you on Saturday, August 16 at 5:00 PM!

Korsaks’ Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art announces an open call for artists to join the large-scale interdisciplinary project “The Other Nearby”

This project is more than just an art event — it is a profound ethical and aesthetic initiative designed to raise critical questions of our time. It explores the human-animal relationship, pushing it beyond conventional perception.

The animal is not a resource, not a function, not “mine.”

It is the Other. Beside us.

“The Other Nearby” is an exhibition about presence without possession.

About the Other who need not be conquered, domesticated to helplessness, adorned or trained into convenience.

About the animal as a personality: independent, capable of connection, emotion, and empathy — but not necessarily of submission.

This exhibition is an attempt to look not at the animal, but with it.

Not through a human lens, but side by side.

Not “what it is to us,” but “who it is — in and of itself.”

Exhibition goals:

• To propose a new mode of thinking — not anthropocentric, but ethically coexistent.

• To inspire a shift in perspective: from “owner” to “partner.”

• To create an artistic and emotional space where the Other is not a threat, but an opportunity to become more fully oneself.

We invite artists to join the conversation about coexistence, care, freedom, respect, and empathy.

About the possibility of being together without ownership.

About another form of love — quiet, equal, present.

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Key themes:

• The animal as witness — silent, deep, present in our sorrows, love, loneliness, wars, escapes, and returns.

• A reciprocal gaze — what does a cat see when it looks at a human? What does a dog feel when it hears our tears?

• Dignity without words — no need to speak to be worthy of love.

• Equality in coexistence — not an object of care, but a subject of connection.

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“The Other Nearby” is:

• A new public space for reflecting on ethics in relationships between living beings.

• An attempt to reshape visual and social narratives where the animal appears not as an object but as an equal participant in the world.

• A platform for dialogue between artists, philosophers, researchers, activists, and the public.

• A large-scale exhibition combining visual art, sound, text, body, digital practices, and the experience of observation.

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Artistic focus of the exhibition:

• Works that reject sentimentalization — not “cuteness,” but ethical depth.

• Depictions of animals not in positions of weakness, but in their own environment, in their own gaze, in their own choice to be near.

• Art where human and animal are not master and subordinate, but two beings in a shared space of trust.

• Video, photography, painting, installations that explore silent unions, unspoken love, the gaze as a form of language.

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We welcome artists working in:

• Painting

• Graphics

• Photography

• Textile

• Installation

• Digital art

• Video art

• Sound art

• Performance

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To apply:

1. Send an email to: [email protected]

2. Use the subject line: OPEN CALL “The Other Nearby”

3. Include:
   
   – your CV or a short bio
   
   – samples of your work that best align with the project concept

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Organizational info:

• Selected works will be chosen by the Expert Council of KMUCA (Korsaks’ Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art)

• All participating artists will receive a copy of the exhibition catalog

• Artwork transportation will be provided by the museum

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The project is supported by the Lutsk City Council.
Deadline: September 19, 2025