Contents - Various Artists

Lina Kazakova: Inconsolable

Interview

Lina Kazakova: Inconsolable

Belarusian Poet Lina Kazakova on guilt, humanism and on how to speak about what you’re left with.

Against Order: An Interview with Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi

Interview

Against Order: An Interview with Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi

Artist Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi in conversation with fellow artist Fid. Fischer—on bookshelves, office furniture and what to live for after all.

“Oberih” — On Things That Protect

Report

“Oberih” — On Things That Protect

What can be said in the face of war? Author Elisabeth Bauer offers a reading of Ukrainian realities from the perspective of objects she has encountered – in the actual and transmedial space between Kyiv and Berlin – since June.

Metahaven: Art and Other Hard Questions

Interview

Metahaven: Art and Other Hard Questions

Artist collective Metahaven – on their recent work, art as an inferential object and how to escape the need of categorization.

Playing with Fire

Essay

Playing with Fire

Alex Fisher concludes his six-part essay series, in which he highlighted positions and perspectives from Ukrainian contemporary art over the past few weeks.

Patches, Possession, and the Peaceful Atom

Essay

Patches, Possession, and the Peaceful Atom

Alex 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

Interview

Thinking with Liquids: An Interview with Ira Melkonyan

Ira 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

Essay

Blazing Trails, Striking Matches

Alex Fisher combines two encounters and two practices of kindling in the manner of a vignette.

Petro Ryaska: Art Just Keeps Us Going

Interview

Petro Ryaska: Art Just Keeps Us Going

Artist 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.