BABA is an interdisciplinary artistic research project exploring the Soviet legacy in Ukraine through the iconic image of the Mother Motherland monument. Bringing together artists from movement, visual art, sound, and metalwork, the project examines how symbols, gendered representations, and political narratives shape cultural memory. Through embodied research, live drawing, and sculptural experimentation, BABA reimagines these inherited structures and investigates the concept of unstable equilibrium as a metaphor for resilience and vulnerability.

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Our team participated in the REZI.DANCE A-I-R “Go, Honey, Go!” residency, having been selected through an open call. REZI.DANCE, located in the peaceful rural surroundings of Komařice in South Bohemia, provides an environment dedicated to deep artistic reflection, interdisciplinary creation, and long-term research. The residency was supported by ACT OUT, a project of IG Freie Theaterarbeit, funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMEIA).

During the residency, four interdisciplinary artists came together for a research-oriented working period to develop the thematic, conceptual, and artistic foundations of the BABA project. A work-in-progress showing took place for the local artists as well as meetings with the local professional network.