Episode 14 – Ukraine


Episode 14 – Ukraine © Grafik: © Šejma Fere Episode 14 – Ukraine Grafik: © Šejma Fere
A podcast by Dmytro Fedorenko

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Music or Weapon: Four Monologues from Ukraine

Episode 14 of the Timezones podcast series, co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut. This episode features four testimonials from Ukrainian artists. They were recorded during the summer of 2022, a few months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The statements are candid monologues about music, dignity, and life during the darkest of times. The four artists speak about their visions of freedom and fear, their feelings about the future, and the influence of this war on their lives and their music; the situations they are facing and the choices they are making. What happened to their art and how do they perceive the role of the artist in this war?

Ukraine is fighting for freedom against Russia, and for many Ukrainians, this war, along with death and destruction, has prompted extreme and often unexpected transformations of consciousness. The country appears united again, more so than ever before. Artists have become volunteers and soldiers. Music and art have turned into a part of the total resistance. Every day, new meanings and concepts are being devised, everything inevitably changes, and a new future for Ukraine is being born as we speak.
 

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Bonus Material


Ukrainian Artists on International Terrain: Staying Connected, Being Heard
moderated and produced by Peter Kirn, featuring Sophia Bulgakova

In this bonus episode of TIMEZONES, we shift the focus from Ukrainian artists in a country at war to those who permanently live and work abroad. Independent digital media artist Sophia Bulgakova, based in The Hague, Netherlands, joins series producer Dmytro Fedorenko. Both artists have been politically active, interweaving their message with their music and art practice among other things.

Fedorenko describes how he envisioned this series and what he hoped to achieve with it. Bulgakova talks about how she’s managed the flood of news and trauma since the full-scale invasion in February, how she stays connected with loved ones in the country, and how she has adapted her artistic work. They also discuss the challenges of the international arena and foreign audiences. Bulgakova details some of the problematic aspects of the ongoing entanglements of international art with Russian artists and Russian funding. Both also reflect on where art, activism, and the Ukrainian and European arts communities may be headed next.
 

Peter Kirn © © private Peter Kirn © private
Peter Kirn is a composer, music producer, and journalist. He is the creator of the daily music technology and electronic music site CDM.link and writes for various publications, including recent contributions to Resident Advisor, Chapter Magazine, and others. For RA, he has written in detail about efforts by Kyiv clubbers to help free their friend Brahim Saadoun, imprisoned in Russian-occupied Donetsk. He is also a curator and organizer, facilitating the MusicMakers Hacklab for CTM Festival. Peter has worked on various international collaborative projects, including in Russia, prior to their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. He now runs the label Establishment in Berlin and appears regularly on Refuge Worldwide. Follow him on his website, on Facebook, Instagram or on Twitter.

Sophia Bulgakova © © private Sophia Bulgakova © private
Sophia Bulgakova (born 1997, Odesa, Ukraine) is an ArtScientist interdisciplinary artist and activist currently based in The Hague, Netherlands. Sophia is working on the intersection of art, technology, and society, focusing on the relationship between light, perception, and imagination. In her installations and performances, she engages viewers through various sensorial inputs, impacting their ways of perceiving reality and exploring new possibilities beyond it. Follow her on Facebook or on Instagram.

Credits

Credits:

Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri
Project Management: Hannes Liechti
Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka
Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson
Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob
Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs
Artwork: Šejma Fere


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