On 25 September, the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine opened the exhibition «Oringo. Art of Silver Stories».
The exhibition presents silver jewellery created in Kharkiv by the Oringo Jewellery House. These pieces invite visitors into a dialogue, telling stories about the world, about Ukraine, and about creativity itself.

In the CRAFT space, visitors can discover how jewellery comes into being. From a tiny silver granule – like a seed – imagination, craftsmanship, and the beauty of precious materials bring forth pieces imbued with meaning and a special energy. The exhibition’s purpose is precisely this «energetic recharge», a gesture of psychological support for Ukrainians through the medium of jewellery art. Its signature piece is the pendant «It Will Hold You Still». These words come from a line in the song «Dity» (Children) by the band «Zhadan i Sobaky» (Zhadan and the Dogs):

…The sun rising higher and higher,
Morning flashes are on metal,
And that which once held you together
Will hold you still…

The CREATIVITY space presents the collections «EX LIBRIS» and «SILVER DREAM», which visualise the chain reaction of creativity: literary works and amateur sketches can transform into stories cast in silver.

The WORLD space uses jewellery art to transport the visitor across the globe. We travel east or west – by choice or circumstance – gaining new experiences and bringing them home, to UKRAINE. Among the pieces that represent our country is the collection «Enchanted Cities of Ukraine», which awakens memories or inspires future journeys to discover the architecture of our cities.

And the future… We work and we struggle so that the future does not become a catastrophe. The exhibition’s climax is an installation inspired by Yurii Sheveliov’s essay «Fourth Kharkiv». The stages through which the city has passed mirror those of Ukraine as a whole: patriarchal, imperial, urban-innovative, Soviet–camp-like. Despite the losses endured by previous generations, these epochs laid the groundwork for the future we dream of for our children. What will the fifth stage be – what future awaits?

In many ways, it depends on us.

The exhibition also features a PERSONAL SPACE – a place to leaf through books, watch videos, immerse oneself in the glow of the jewellery, in the meanings of symbols and talismans, in the quiet of the museum – to regain wholeness and harmony, to feel one’s heartbeat echoing that of other Ukrainians.

Curator of the exhibition: Iryna Udovychenko, Senior Research Fellow of the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.

Self-guided visits follow the general museum ticket price: 150 UAH; 80 UAH for school pupils, students, and pensioners.

The exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 17:45; the ticket office and museum entrance operate until 17:00.