On November 8, you’ll be awaited for presentations and talks dedicated to the triennial of Ukrainian contemporary art, Ukrainian Cross-Section. This is the second part of Ukrainian days in Tartu. UKRAINE! UNMUTED. Entrance to the events is free.
It will also discuss the implementation practices of the Ukrainian Cross-Section in the European Capitals of Culture.
U || Speakers: Lidiya Savchenko-Duda (Ukraine), Yaryna Shumska (Ukraine), Krzysztof Maj / Wroclaw ECoC 2016 (Poland, online), Monika Inčerytė / Kaunas ECoC 2022 (Lithuania, online), Maria Artemiuk-Kozinska / Lublin ECoC 2029 (Poland, online), Yuliia Khomchyn / Lviv City Candidate ECoC 2030 (Ukraine).
U || Moderator Oksana Forostyna (Ukraine).
As part of the fifth triennial, which took place in Kaunas ECoC 2022, a collection with the same theme as the project called UKRAINE! UNMUTED was published. The authors, whose texts were included in the collection, were extraordinary people of Ukrainian culture — art critics, writers, researchers, and philosophers. The book is designed to open Ukrainian culture to a foreign audience and especially addresses its identity and anti-colonial discourse.
This year’s edition includes an important text by Olena Apchel, a PhD in art history, theatre director, performer, curator, and playwright. In 2024, Apchel returned to Ukraine and joined the Defence Forces.
The editor and compiler of the collection is Oksana Forostyna. Anna Verschik, Margus Lattik (Mathura), and Ilona Martson translated texts into Estonian.
U || Speakers: Yurko Vovkohon (Ukraine), Olena Apchel (Ukraine, online), Anna Verschik (Estonia), Margus Lattik (Mathura) (Estonia).
U || Moderator Oksana Forostyna (Ukraine).
Project UKRAINE! UNMUTED is organized by Cultural Strategy Institute and NGO «Virmenska 35». It is a part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 programme and also Bad Ischl ECoC 2024 programme / Salzkammergut 2024.
Project «UKRAINE! UNMUTED in the European Capitals of Culture Bad Ischl and Tartu 2024» is implemented with the support of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework ‘European Renaissance of Ukraine’ project, and Ukrainian Institute.
Media support: Delfi, UkraineWorld.
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