EtchingRoom1: What A Wonderful Day In A Wonderful World

EtchingRoom1: Wonderful Day In a Wonderful World

1 March 2024 – 1 March 2025
Beacon Tower
Viewable from the path next to ESW

Created by EtchingRoom1, a collaboration of Ukrainian artist Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova, What a Wonderful Day In a Wonderful World taps into a long lineage of political murals as expressive form to celebrate collective struggles and give messages of hope against the background of terrible events. It is a work of art and activism, emblematic of our time which speaks of the artists’ experiences of conflict and of their resilience.

This exhibition is located outside on the Beacon Tower which is near the Hawthornvale walking and cycling path and near our cafe. There is rolling access from the cycle path and carpark. Read more about visiting ESW on this page and if you have any questions or would like to talk to us about access requirements, please get in touch.

What a Wonderful Day In a Wonderful World is part of our Summer Programme alongside Hybrids, an exhibition by Jan Pimblett in our street-view gallery the Hawthornvale Space, and Everything Is Satisfactual by Sequoia Barnes and part of Edinburgh Art Festival which includes 55 exhibitions and events across the city.

Image: Wonderful Day In a Wonderful World (detail), EtchingRoom1, 2023

EtchingRoom1

EtchingRoom1 is the artistic group founded in 2016 by two graphic artists Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova in Kyiv, Ukraine. Artists work in etching technique and create mosaics and installations. Etching Room 1 have exhibited their work internationally, most recently; Safety Instructions, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, USA, Bus Stop, Dymchuk Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, It was crowded yesterday, ArtEast Gallery Berlin, Germany, Starting point, Ukrainian Culture Centre, Paris, France.

Ukraine Re-Imagined

The work was produced by the artists during their time in Scotland as part of the Scotland – Ukraine Arts Residencies Programme. Taking place over throughout 2023, the Scotland – Ukraine Arts Residencies saw six members of the Ukrainian arts sector visit and stay at arts organisations across Scotland. A bespoke programme was be created for each participant, offering them time away from turmoil and a chance to reflect and think to the future for their own artistic practices, their organisations, and the wider art sector in Ukraine.

The project was born of out of a Creative Scotland and British Council partnership and was a key legacy project for the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture’s Future Reimaged programme. The UK/ Ukraine Season of Culture was launched by the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute in 2022 to mark 30 years of UK/Ukraine diplomatic relations. Through a year-long programme of activity, the season has served as a platform for cultural exchange, artistic expression, and cooperation, bringing together a community of artists from Ukraine and the UK.

Ukraine Re-Imagined was supported by the British Council, Creative Scotland and The Ukrainian Institute.