GusGus & Bjarki - Chernobyl

Directed by Valeriy Korshunov Producer: Sveta Korshunova Actress: Flora Borovik Cameramans: Kirylo Rusanivskiy, Dmytro Zolotov FX: Artefact Films Editing: Artefact Films The performance part was shoot at the ARTEFACT: Chernobyl 33 media-art exhibition in 2019. Art-performance team: Alex Basovska and Lement Theatre Director: Valeriy Korshunov Director of photography: Maksym Zaika Cameraman: Vlad Verkhohliad Camera engineer: Viktor Dereshchuk Focus puller: Anton Antonec Sounds of Chernobyl - Ukrainian project in which musicians write music using samples recorded in Chernobyl and welcome to visit the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as the inspirational trip. Icelandic artists GusGus and Bjarki released their Chernobyl-related songs this past October. Bjarki even managed to visit Chernobyl, given the opportunity, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic. His inspiration helped him create three tracks, one — together with GusGus. Music dedicated to Chernobyl is incredibly mesmerizing and imbued with the atmosphere of the Exclusion Zone. You can listen to it here: . Valeriy Korshunov, art curator of the project and producer of the album “Sounds of Chernobyl“: “The music album Sounds of Chernobyl is a modern rethinking of the well-known Chernobyl disaster by musicians who told the stories of Chernobyl from different angles in each track. All the compositions of the album are united by the audio library “Sounds of Chernobyl“ — a collection of sounds of the Exclusion Zone, which were recorded by me and the ARTEFACT project in 2018 and included: the crackle of the dosimeter, the Ferris wheel’s squeak, the noise of the Red Forest, echoes, the sound of the running water, and technical sounds“. “This is a unique project no one has done before, and this thematic album remains an important milestone in the musical history of Ukraine and dares I say the world.“ This year, the project was also supported by diverse Ukrainian artists Stasik, KAZKA, ATOMIC SIMAO, Vagonovozhatye, Serhiy Mikhalok (Lapis 98, Brutto), and Oleksandr Chemerov (The Gitas, Dymna Sumish). Their new tracks and clips can be seen on . The Chernobyl disaster affected millions of people around the world. This is a complicated story, which is still painful to talk about, but any injury must be treated. Music and songs have always helped to feel and rethink. That is why the Ukrainian artist Valeriy Korshunov created the project “Sounds of Chernobyl“ in 2018 as a part of an ARTEFACT art project with the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation’s support. Thanks to musicians’ work, this project helps to look differently at the history that has intertwined the lives of so many people and will forever remain the biggest human-made disaster on the world map, located just 100 kilometers from Kyiv. You may find a lot of images and videos from Chornobyl here: and on our social networks: The Sounds of Chernobyl project has been bringing together artists for several years now; previously, these artists participated in the project: a beatboxer DUB FX (Benjamin Stanford) with the track Fake Paradise, the French band TELEPOPMUSIK with their clip Dreams made entirely from the chronicle of the once flourishing Soviet city’s life. The Sounds of Chernobyl project is implemented by Lavina Concert with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, the National Museum of Chernobyl, INGO European Institute, NGO Center and the ARTEFACT project. Beatport iTunes GusGus