Nikita Kadan 'Tryvoha' in Echoes of Tumult, Berlin
Nikita Kadan’s sound installation ‘Tryvoha’ is now on view in the exhibition Echoes of Tumult in Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, 24.01 – 22.03.26.
Tryhova, is a sound installation and was first shown in two churches in Ypres during Kadan’s 2023 residency in In Flanders Field Museum. It is inextricably linked to the perception of war and relating to the city of Ypres’ past and Ukraine’s present. This work of art, immense in its size, seems light and welcoming at first. However, once entered, a sharp and deep sound resounds through the Holy space, physical and emotional, evoking the sound of the sirens warning the population of the threat of war approaching.
Tryhova [the Sirens and the Mast], 2023, fabric, inox structure, sound, diameter 4 meter, composers: Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko. Musicians: Lena Bielkina (mezzo-soprano), Ihor Zavhorodnii (violin). Sound engineer Anton Vertipolokh. With support of the Future Art Lab, University for music and performing arts Vienna.
More info: https://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/exhibitions/echoes-of-tumult/
Echoes of Tumult brings together works of witnessing and processing violence, systemic failure, and vulnerability, by artists who are in varying proximity to the realities they are examining. Through approaches ranging from speculative and documentary, to sensorial, theatrical, and personal, their works resonate with and against current realities at the nexus of ecological crisis, geopolitics, and war. They deliberately bring us into contact with painful and complex situations, oscillating between conflict and resistance, and at times unexpectedly echoing with solidarity and hope.
Refracting into an affective field of resonances and disturbances, the works span neighboring venues Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and daadgalerie, both important artistic focal points in Berlin.
The exhibition takes place within the framework of CTM Festival 2026 »dissonate < > resonate,« and will link to concert and discursive elements within the festival’s programme. It is the result of collaboration between three organisations – CTM Festival, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, and iii – instrument inventors initiative – who are active in exploring the intersection of sound and art with socio-political contexts, technologies, and histories. With Echoes of Tumult, these organisations come together to feature works by artists within their networks, most of which have been supported through their residencies and programmes.
CTM Festival 2026 runs 23 January – 1 February across different Berlin venues.
About the partners
CTM Festival connects multi-perspective experiences, critical reflection, and collaborative learning via a yearly festival and continuous collaborative projects, publications, commissions, concerts, club nights, and more.
https://www.ctm-festival.de/
The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is one of the most renowned residency programs for international artists and cultural practitioners in the fields of visual arts, film, literature, and music & sound. Each year, it awards residencies in Berlin to around twenty outstanding cultural producers.
https://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/program/
Arising from the ArtScience tradition of The Hague, iii instrument inventors initiative is an artist run community platform supporting new interdisciplinary practices linking art, sound, performance, technology, and the human senses.
https://instrumentinventors.org/