Multidisciplinary project: environment and land art, photography, text, installation, art book, performance
We Ukrainians know our enemy well. He is not interested in Ukrainian culture, history, achievements, intelligence and talents of our people, he destroys all this. The only thing that interests the enemy is Ukrainian land. Why not give him what he wants, but on our terms, on the terms of the hosts?
The project provides possible options for how to feed the enemy with what he wants. The dishes are inspired by Ukrainian cuisine, but made from natural inedible ingredients, such as earth, sand, stones, poisonous plants, etc.
"The name of the project may be confusing, as it sounds pampered, but it is about the struggle of free-spirited people who will feed everyone who wants it. We do not honor the enemy with our hospitality, we take revenge with it."
ART BOOK
The artbook is the final stage of the Dish for the Enemy project. It contains 5 sections, which contain photos and recipes of adapted dishes (50 in total). In Ukrainian. ↗ ↗
PERFORMANCE
The performance consisted of cooking dishes adapted for the enemy, and took place at the Korsak`s Museum in Lutsk in 2025. After the performance, an installation remained, which is still exhibited there.
INSTALLATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT
The exhibition at ArtPidval from the Municipal Gallery in Kharkiv hosted a solo exhibition, Dish for the Enemy. It was in late 2023 - early 2024. 5 Kharkiv dish installations were exhibited, as well as plaques with photos and recipes for a total of 50 dishes from the project.
At a group exhibition held in Kryvyi Rih in 2023, a table-installation with dishes was presented.
Photos of several dishes. However, to understand the project, you need the recipe texts. Both are comprehensively presented in the artbook.
RESEARCH
The first stage of work on the project consisted of researching scientific, popular science and popular sources from the funds of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine on the topic of Ukrainian cuisine, traditional, ancient and modern, Cossack dishes and dishes from all regions of Ukraine, forgotten and still living recipes.
Based on this research, 50 adapted recipes were compiled.
Separately, for exhibition projects, participation was involved, namely, consulting with people from the regions where the exhibition was to be held, because the dishes had to be recognizable to locals.