In solidarity with Ukraine
March 9, 2022
Because, as artist Nikita Kadan has already said, "visibility can save lives”, we invited Ukrainian artists, curators and filmmakers to make their voices heard and to testify to their situation, their experience and their concerns.
This encounter also responded to the call launched by several art groups and professionals who are mobilising in solidarity with Ukraine, particularly the artistic scene, notably the collectives Beyond the Post-Soviet, Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care, and La Maison de l'Ours.
Rather than a debate in the traditional sense of the term, an evening in the form of a platform, a listening session, or an assembly to demonstrate solidarity.
The speakers
Anna Colin Lebedev, Senior Lecturer in Political Science. Her research focuses on post-Soviet societies, with two main axes: armed conflict and protest action. She has been working on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine since 2014.
Théo-Mario Coppola, curator
Patricia Couvet, curator, Beyond the post-soviet collective
Yulia Fisch, curator, Beyond the post-soviet collective
Oksana Andreieva (AntiGonna), Ukrainian artist
Nikita Kadan, Ukrainian artist (in video conference)
Alevtyna Kakhidze, Ukrainian artist (video testimony)
Nikolay Karabinovych, Ukrainian artist
Simon Khramtsov, artist, designer and curator at the Museum of Modern Art in Kherson, Ukraine. Co-founder of Linza. Project manager at the Polina Rayko Foundation (video testimony)
Slava Mashnizkiy, Director of the Museum of Modern
Art in Kherson, Ukraine. Founder of the Polina Rayko
Foundation (video testimony)
Borys Medvedew, Ukrainian artist and architect (video
testimony)
Kateryna Radchenko, Ukrainian curator (video
testimony)
Kristina Solomoukha, Ukrainian artist and founder of the exhibition space La maison de l'ours
Elena Sorokina, co-founder of the Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care and curator
Sasha Pevak, member of the collective Beyond the
post-soviet
Liera Polianskova and Ivan Svitlychniy, members of the Sviter Art Group, (video testimony)
Moderation
Sylvain Bourmeau, director of the review AOC (Analyse Opinion Critique), producer of the programme La suite dans les idées on France Culture
Listen, read and watch in French and English on Youtube.
Images: Alevtyna Kakhidze