Vasyl Cherepanyn: Contemporary Art and Political Activism in Times of War

Ort: Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Ilse-Zimmermann-Saal, Pariser Str. 1, 10719 Berlin

Organisiert von Moritz Gansen, Ivana Perica, Matthias Schwartz, Henning Trüper, Nina Weller

Kontakt: theorycese@zfl-berlin.org (Anmeldung)

ZfL-Projekt(e): Semi-Peripheral Theory

Vasyl Cherepanyn is Head of the Visual Culture Research Center (VCRC), an institution he co-founded in Kyiv in 2008 as a platform for collaboration among academic, artistic, and activist communities. VCRC is a founding member of the East Europe Biennial Alliance and the organizer of the Kyiv Biennial. The 5th part, the Kyiv Perenniale, took place from February to June 2024 in Berlin and other European cities, curated by Vasyl Cherepanyn.

We will come together for an open discussion on semi-peripherial questions from Ukrainian perspectives, to learn more about Vasyl Cherepanyn’s curatorial activities in times of war (Kyiv Perenniale) and about the situation of the Eastern European and Ukrainian art scene in/as European networks.

Vasyl recommends reading the following texts / interviews in advance (all textes are available online):

A Collective, Long-Term Endeavor Against the Backdrop of Survival, interview with Vasyl Cherepanyn, in: Béton Bleu Magazine (1 May 2024)
Vasyl Cherepanyn: Why Europe and the United Stats Is Afraid of Ukraine’s Victory, in: Foreign Policy (21 Feb 2023)
Vasyl Cherepanyn: Europe after the death of peace of mind, in: Eurozine (23 Aug 2023)

If you would like to attend, please send a note to theorycese@zfl-berlin.org.