On October 3 and 4, the Jam Factory Art  present the multidisciplinary performance “Salty Juice of a Ripe Fig” by Crimean artist Daria Lytvynenko, created at our art center as part of the project “After Devastation.”

In collaboration with Austrian sculptor Jürgen Münzer, Daria has developed a spatial collage that combines physical theatre, absurdity, sculptures, masks, as well as documentary and fictional characters. The work explores the cultural and familial heritage of Crimea and highlights how Russian propaganda has used the romanticized image of the peninsula’s southern coast to overwrite local history.

The Black Sea emerges as a living organism, now trapped by militarization.
A story of home — fragmented and transformed, yet still alive in memory.

Production team:

Author, concept, director, text and video: Daria Litvinenko
Scenography, creation of objects and space design: Jürgen Münzer
Performance and creation: Daria Litvinenko together with Yana Kolodiychuk and Mykola Naboka
Video design and editing: Stefan Krische
Sound design and composition: Clemens Poole
Costume design and creation: Yulia Makarenko
Artistic and movement consultations: Maria Shurkhall
Stage design and assistance: Sasha Bezemska, Polina Zhilina
Lighting designer: Serhiy Klymets
Project manager: Yevgenia Melkonyan
Production manager: Vlad Bilonenko
Curator of the project “After the Desolation”: Lyuba Ilnytska