Patches, Possession, and the Peaceful Atom EssayPatches, Possession, and the Peaceful AtomAlex Fisher addresses the issue of possession and the ambivalence that arises from the availability of objects and symbols. Who owns the signs and works that have tried to shape, change, or reform Ukraine over the course of time?
Thinking with Liquids: An Interview with Ira Melkonyan InterviewThinking with Liquids: An Interview with Ira MelkonyanIra Melkonyan is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist and theater maker with a degree in microbiology and virology. Maria Rößler spoke with Melkonyan about her political artistic practice as well as how the ongoing war changed her relationship to the country she was born in, and how to approach the concept of nation states and cultural heritage from a decolonial point of view.
Blazing Trails, Striking Matches EssayBlazing Trails, Striking MatchesAlex Fisher combines two encounters and two practices of kindling in the manner of a vignette.
Art Just Keeps Us Going: An Interview with Petro Ryaska InterviewArt Just Keeps Us Going: An Interview with Petro RyaskaArtist Petro Ryaska works with performance art, painting, drawing, and writing. He also founded the artist residency “Sorry No Rooms Available” in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Since Russia’s invasion, the city has become home to a large number of internally displaced people. Amina Ahmed talked to Ryaska about the residency and the challenges it faces in times of war.
Smoke Signals EssaySmoke SignalsAlex Fisher asks which narratives and which explanations do justice to the complexity and multi-layered nature of Ukrainian reality.
Future Utopias: An Interview with Jacolby Satterwhite InterviewFuture Utopias: An Interview with Jacolby SatterwhiteSascha Ehlert interviews Jacolby Satterwhite – about his mother, the Renaissance, and future utopias.
On Location: Fomenting Relations EssayOn Location: Fomenting RelationsAlex Fisher on the open-ended negotiations over where contemporary art can, could, and should be exhibited in Ukraine.
What Fire Brings EssayWhat Fire BringsBeginning with this first part, the multi-part essay by writer and curator Alex Fisher considers fire as a motif and metaphor for (un)making meaning and memory, situating artworks, exhibitions, and ephemera in thick correspondence with societal tendencies, tragedies, and triumphs.
An Open-ended History EssayAn Open-ended HistoryIn the third and final installment of her essay Kateryna Botanova reflects on how her understanding of the reciprocal relationship between art and political action has changed over the past years.
