{"id":53320,"date":"2022-12-21T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=53320"},"modified":"2022-12-17T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T16:05:26","slug":"the-playground-talk-romana-ruban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=53320","title":{"rendered":"The Playground Talk. Romana Ruban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban-9-682x909.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban-9-682x909.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban-9-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban-9-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban-9.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 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\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In her exhibition &#8216;The Playground Talk&#8217;, closing her residency at Officina Neuk\u00f6lln, Romana Ruban creates the echo of a dialogue between kids that she overheard during a trip to Odesa. The playground chitchat consists of dreams about the neighbor&#8217;s car and is carved into a zine with simple but lighthearted illustrations. The linocut prints appeal to both the inner child and the responsible adult. With these kids&#8217; quotes, the artist wishes to show not only a playful childhood and the joy of simple things, but she also wants to bring up a few questions. Are we dreaming in the right direction? What do we stand for in the end?<br><br>The idea for a zine came up in 2021, right after the trip, but was on hold. Officina&#8217;s residency for artists in exile gave new layers and meanings to the imprint of the peaceful past, as Romana fled Ukraine to Germany after the full-scale invasion of Russia.<br><br>Order <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/shop\/the-playground-talk-romana-ruban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her exhibition &#8216;The Playground Talk&#8217;, closing her residency at Officina Neuk\u00f6lln, Romana Ruban creates the echo of a dialogue between kids that she overheard during a trip to Odesa. The playground chitchat consists of dreams about the neighbor&#8217;s car and is carved into a zine with simple but lighthearted illustrations. 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