Victoria Sarangova
Victoria Sarangova

 

Archaeology Of Progress is a series of site-specific works examining the notion of progress through the critical lens.

Using sound performance and installation—drawing on local archives as well as sampling, improvisation and field recording—I explore each site’s history.

These explorations reveal the impacts of industrialization, the lasting effects of colonialism and imperialism, and the twisted ways in which ideologies and myths are constructed.

Archaeology Of Progress. Lviv (2017)


This project originates from the abandoned Sewing Factory on Nalyvaiko Street in Lviv, Ukraine. Through the medium of an audio essay, I explore the textile industry's relationship with progress, both within the context of Lviv and in the broader scope of history. This exploration is closely intertwined with my journey of uncovering the factory's elusive history.

The series began with my invitation to contribute to Anton Lapov and Anastasia Nichiporenko’s Future Perfect project at the Tetramatyka Festival in Lviv in 2017. This project explored the ideology of progress through artistic research in Lviv's industrial areas. My contribution focused on a defunct textile factory and involved creating an audio essay that combined reflections on the textile industry, excerpts from Vilem Flusser’s essay “Factory,” and field recordings and interviews about Lviv’s industrial history. The piece was presented like other works in the Future Perfect project, using portable low-power radio transmitters placed around each location. The curatorial intention was to create a “semantic, lay-segmented radio landscape” distributed across Lviv, forming an alternative exhibition museum.

 

In the work, among other things, the following sources were used:
- The movie “Our Mom is a Hero" by Nikolai Obukhovich (1979).
- A conversation with Ivan Pupyrev, the head of the Department of Progressive Technologies and Projects at Google, available on YouTube.
- Essay by Vilém Flusser titled "The Factory”.
- Excursion information provided by Yaroslav from the Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv.

 

Photos: Anton Lapov, Internet

Victoria Sarangova

Archaeology Of Progress is a series of site-specific works examining the notion of progress through the critical lens.

Using sound performance and installation—drawing on local archives as well as sampling, improvisation and field recording—I explore each site’s history.

These explorations reveal the impacts of industrialization, the lasting effects of colonialism and imperialism, and the twisted ways in which ideologies and myths are constructed.

Archaeology Of Progress. Lviv (2017)


This project originates from the abandoned Sewing Factory on Nalyvaiko Street in Lviv, Ukraine. Through the medium of an audio essay, I explore the textile industry's relationship with progress, both within the context of Lviv and in the broader scope of history. This exploration is closely intertwined with my journey of uncovering the factory's elusive history.
In the work, among other things, the following sources were used:
- The movie “Our Mom is a Hero" by Nikolai Obukhovich (1979).
- A conversation with Ivan Pupyrev, the head of the Department of Progressive Technologies and Projects at Google, available on YouTube.
- Essay by Vilém Flusser titled "The Factory”.
- Excursion information provided by Yaroslav from the Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv.

The series began with my invitation to contribute to Anton Lapov and Anastasia Nichiporenko’s Future Perfect project at the Tetramatyka Festival in Lviv in 2017. This project explored the ideology of progress through artistic research in Lviv's industrial areas. My contribution focused on a defunct textile factory and involved creating an audio essay that combined reflections on the textile industry, excerpts from Vilem Flusser’s essay “Factory,” and field recordings and interviews about Lviv’s industrial history. The piece was presented like other works in the Future Perfect project, using portable low-power radio transmitters placed around each location. The curatorial intention was to create a “semantic, lay-segmented radio landscape” distributed across Lviv, forming an alternative exhibition museum.

 

Photos: Anton Lapov, Internet