Radioactive rave: Ukrainian artist mutates Chernobyl into trendy dance venue

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster has been repurposed as an art installation and rave venue, allowing adventurous partygoers to twerk amidst Chernobyl’s radioactive fallout – in protective suits, of course.

In 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine destroyed a nuclear reactor and released 400 times more radioactive material than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Following the disaster, an 18.6 mile (30km) exclusion zone was set up around the reactor. Although tourists can now visit parts of the area, its relative seclusion has transformed the zone into a natural wildlife preserve. Some animals living in the zone have been spotted with strange mutations resulting from radiation exposure.

At a media conference held not far from the now-entombed nuclear reactor, Korshunov told reporters that Artefact is about reinventing Chernobyl.

“For all people, the world knew this place for tragedy. But we have made Chernobyl less harmful for the environment. We are safe. We have come here to change the history of Chernobyl.” He also said that the event aims to highlight the dangers of fake news – pointing to the Soviet Union’s attempted cover-up of the nuclear disaster.

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Think I will skip that one.