Life over DeathLast week the western Christian rite believers celebrated Easter. The Eater in the forthcoming week is celebrated by Orthodox rites. Easter has always been a very bright holiday. Even though it’s firstly addressed for religious one, every human knows the idea of this ancient Bible telling – the victory of life over death. […]

Деякі архітектурні пам’ятки, скульптури, мистецькі об’єкти у Львові «поховалися»— у риштування чи захисні плівки. Але це тимчасово. Коли українці переможуть, ми з нашиим улюбленими пам’ятками знову побачимося — і будемо дивитися на них уважніше, по-іншому, по-новому. У сьогоднішньому тексті ІСК про те, як місцева спільнота у Львові працює для збереження спадщини. Розповідаємо про деякі аспекти […]

Freedom Blue. Vital Yellow Mariupol: the «heart» of a war that’s still beatingThis is what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about Mariupol, which has been surrounded by Russian troops for already a month and a half.  The situation in the city remains not only tense, but terrifying and catastrophic. The Russian military, contrary to Russian media […]

Many minutes of silence Many many minutes of silence would be needed to pay tribute to all of our fallen citizens and find the ability to speak after Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Borodyanka, Izyum, Mariupol… For us, Ukrainians, the world has changed and will never be the same as before. We ask you to remain silent with […]

“Human is a duty, not a title”these words belong to Vasyl Stus, a Ukrainian poet, translator, human rights activist, and active member of a dissident movement. For his civic position, defending the right of Ukrainian culture to development his works were banned by the Soviet regime and he spent 13 years in detention until his […]

Being together “Stop promising, start acting” – flash mob in Warsaw, March 25. More than 4,000 people took part in a rally in support of Ukraine. People laid on the ground to draw attention to the growing civilian casualties and the need to close the sky over Ukraine. Coexisting: Lviv Cultural Institutions working in a […]

War is on our calendar  A month since Russia attacked Ukraine. Human psychology works in a way that we’re getting used to, adapting to the situation, whatever it may be, protective mechanisms are activating. The case of the first civilian deaths, pictures of the first civilian house shelling and destruction by Russian were a shock […]

We’ll win and restore everything Life that won’t happenThe acute phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which began in 2014, has been going on for a month. From February 24, the chronology does not matter for Ukrainians. The number of victims is what’s counting here indeed. It is difficult to say the exact numbers: while […]

Співжиття: як працюють львівські установи культури в часі війни.Україна сьогодні — спільна справа нас усіх. Інститут стратегії культури підготував огляд діяльності інституцій культури у часі, який ніхто не міг уявити — часі війни. Ми завітали на розмову, написали та зателефонували низці інституцій культури Львова — театрам, бібліотекам, культурно-мистецьким центрам — аби спитати як вони працюють […]

The 3rd week of war. Pray for Mariupol until it exists!The city of Mariupol is still the center of a humanitarian catastrophe. 300,000 Ukrainians are being held hostage in front of the whole world. For 14 days people have no access to food, water, heat or communication. Under bombs and shelling. Without the possibility of […]