Discussion panel as part of the Book Arsenal, marking the launch of the anthology Reсlaiming history. Decoloniality and Art in Ukraine after 1991
On Saturday, 31 May at 14:30, as part of the Book Arsenal, a discussion panel titled“Is There an End to Decolonisation? War and Artistic Practices in Ukraine” will take place. The event marks the launch of the anthology Reсlaiming history. Decoloniality and Art in Ukraine after 1991.
Location: Lavrska St. 10-12, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Literary Stage.Entry with a Book Arsenal ticket.
The anthology Reсlaiming history. Decoloniality and Art in Ukraine after 1991 is the result of two years of work by the Research Platform of the PinchukArtCentre.
It features texts by the editor/compiler of anthology and affiliated curator of the Research Platform Kateryna Botanova, researchers Yevheniia Butsykina and Milena Khomchenko, and scholars Svitlana Biedarieva, Adrian Ivakhiv, and Madina Tlostanova.
The Research Platform focused on exploring the discourse of decoloniality and its application to cultural processes and artistic practices in Ukraine. Through collective reading and discussion of foundational texts on coloniality and decoloniality, the researchers critically examined dominant Western narratives around Soviet and post-Soviet art, as well as the practices of Ukrainian artists working with memory, history, subjectivity, and the rethinking of identities.
The discussion will be moderated by Yuliya Yurchuk, PhD in History and researcher at Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Panel participants:
Kateryna Botanova — Ukrainian curator and cultural critic, affiliated curator of the Research Platform, and editor/compiler of Reсlaiming history. Decoloniality and Art in Ukraine after 1991.
Yevheniia Butsykina — cultural scholar and art critic, associate professor in the Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and participant in the Research Platform of the PinchukArtCentre.
Milena Khomchenko — critic and curator, co-founder and co-curator of the SONIAKH platform, and researcher at the Research Platform of the PinchukArtCentre.
Adrian Ivakhiv — professor of humanities at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
26.05.2025