Drifting

Memory, Art, and Places

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Тіні забутих предків Shadows of our forgotten ancestors, 1965 Sergei Parajanov

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“You walk around like that case is a coffin for your soul.”

Limbo (2020) dir. Ben Sharrock

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Kyiv. February by Volodymyr Kolesnyk, 1955

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Those gifs are made from the music video Shelter Our Sky by Ukrainian-Canadian duet Balaklava Blues. It was released at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Almost a year has passed, but the message is still actual. We do need to shelter our sky to save our lives.

Watch the full video on Youtube

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“At this moment, your spirit, your strength of spirit is like a light, it’s a light of the world. And I pray it’s bright enough to guide you through this darkness.”

The famous director and Oscar winner, Martin Scorsese, addressed the Ukrainian people.

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“This machine kills fascists” was written on Woody Guthrie's guitar, an American folk singer from the 1950s. “These songs kill russian fascists (rushists)” could be a subtitle of this project, developed and produced in 2022 between Ukraine, Germany, France, and Austria. Beats that bite, rhymes that kill, poetry, and music united as a weapon.

Joining forces with a Berlin-based musician and producer Yuriy Gurzhy to create a brutal soundtrack of this year are Ukrainian poets Grigory Semenchuk (and his hip hop alter ego BRAT) and Lyuba Yakimchuk as well as musician and writer Irena Karpa. Curated by Oksana Shchur.

🔺 Ukrainian Songs Of Love And Hate 🔺

by Irena Karpa, Grigory Semenchuk, Lyuba Yakimchuk, and Yuriy Gurzhy

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One of the largest creative agencies in Great Britain has developed an advertising campaign for UNITED24

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Romana Romanyshyn & Andriy Lesiv

Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv were both born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1984. After graduating from the Lviv National Academy of the Arts they set up Studio Agrafka, where they collaborate on books and various other projects. They’ve received many accolades for their work, including two Special Mentions in the BolognaRagazzi Awards.

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How War Changed Rondo

Some pages from children's book “The War That Changed Rondo”. Text and illustrations by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv (art studio Agrafka). More info

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Looking is not always seeing

Jason Brooks