How can participatory art projects engage with communities? How do we step outside the bubbles of specific groups, and are all of them equally visible within society?
In the penultimate panel of the “Memory, Trauma, and Transitional Justice in Ukraine” forum, we explored the role of communities — those essential “supports” that help uphold the state’s resilience in times of war.
Speakers:
Kateryna Yakovlenko, curator and researcher, Editor-in-Chief at Suspilne Kultura — on the exhibition “Our Years, Our Words, Our Losses, Our Searches, Our Us” and on the multiplicity of experiences and languages through which we describe the war.
Mariia Kulikovska, artist, curator of Garage33, and founder of the residency House of Constant Exile — on displacement, the war, and her artistic practices.
Kateryna Buchatska, artist and co-founder of the NGO Center for Neurodivergent and Neurotypical Artists — on the project Prekarnia and working with neurodivergent artists.
Alina Gorlova, film director, producer, screenwriter, and co-founder of TABOR — on creating the film Invisible Battalion and the retraumatizing dimension of cinema.
Moderator: Halyna Gleba, art historian, co-founder of the project Archive of Art of the Martial Law (MSM NGO), and graduate of the KSE Master’s program Memory Studies and Public History.
The forum was implemented in partnership with King’s College London, NGO Art Dot, and the Kyiv School of Economics, with the participation of Cultural Forces of Ukraine—a platform bringing together the military, artists, and businesses to support the mental health of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, foster civil-military cooperation, and advance cultural diplomacy.