The dirty bottom of the future 

 I'm drowning, suffocating 
 In the swamp of being
 You and I will swim to the very bottom
 The swamp bottom will smile at us
 but we will...
 The swamp bottom will smile at us
 but we will punch its fucking face

 Oh, you dirty bottom
 And I'm dirty too
 It seems to me
 That I'm drowning in shit

 Gluttonous Boar and Dog's Dick 

 The blessing felt from the sky
 The huge swine
 We ate it slowly 
 And then we choked on it

 The swine gave a birth 
 To glutinous boar
 And after it fucked everyone 
 Boar ate them all 
 While we were praying 

 Oh, the glutinous boar
 What is happening
 Oh, the glutinous boar
 How we’re going to deal with you...

 And then the saviour appears 
 It was the dog’s dick
 The dog fucked the huge boar’s mouth 
 For a long a long time

 The love and flowers bloomed
 because dog and boar gave birth 
 to a new generation of lovely kids

artists: Boji Ro, Sasha Malyuk, Dimettra, Dim

KVIRTET is a queer collective from Kyiv, Ukraine. Unifying the artistic, performative, singing and fashion backgrounds of the four members, Kvirtet provides spectacular contemporary shows. Collective’s performances feature live music, marvelous dresses and magnificent vocals in Ukrainian and English. As a consequence of Russia’s full- scale invasion of Ukraine, Kvirtet is now based in Berlin, but remains active throughout Europe.

Boji is a queer multimedia artist and musician originally from Kyiv, where she debuted with her first album “Impulse”, soon came into the Kyiv night culture scene through her full concert programs in cult Kyiv clubs.

Boji in their artistic practice infinitely explores contemporary arts in different mediums : video-art, installation, performance.

Sasha Malyuk is Kyiv-born multimedia fashion artist, working on upcycled haute couture. The body is a canvas for materials that have been salvaged, ripped and torn apart and then pieced back together. Emerging from this process are provocatively immersive whilst touching  performative shows that are beyond the common fashion.

Dimettra, born in Dnipro and established in Kyiv, is an extravagant performer and singer. After being relocated to Berlin, Dimetra works as personal fashion designer for “studio Vestbirk” (Courtesy dj) and runs her emerging fashion brand “dimmettra.apparel”.

Dim is a queer multimedia artist, originally from Drohobych, Ukraine. Their practice, from tattooing and painting to performance and sculpture, explores inner tenderness and fragility as a queer Ukrainian in times of war. Dim’s art is permeated with psychedelic patterns and colors, grim forms and creatures and different body perspectives to find a way how to express their true self.

Cover image: “Sweaty bells” performance by @kvirtet.collective
Video operator: @alexgoluk