Lecture by Ivan Moysiyenko “Nature is a silent victim of war”
On Friday, December 20, at 18:30, we invite you to attend a lecture by Ivan Moysiyenko “Nature is a silent victim of war” as part of the public program for the exhibition of the nominees for the Future Generation Art Prize 2024.
The event will take place on the 4th floor of the PinchukArtCentre in the exhibition space (space with the work of Veronika Hapchenko). Participation is free with prior registration: https://forms.gle/jFLTw2dqf31XwxrM9
The nominees for the Future Generation Art Prize 2024 address the themes of the Anthropocene, wars, its environmental consequences and the rights of non-human actors in their works. For example, Dana Kavelina's video work reveals the relationship between people and the environment during war, where the environment appears both as a territory in need of protection and as a shelter that provides shelter and support. And the artist Giulia Cenci reflects on the consequences of wars, which include both bodily harm and the destruction of landscapes and various forms of life.
During Ivan Moysiyenko's lecture, we will discuss:● How do human wars become wars against nature?● The impact of war on the terrestrial natural complexes of protected areas on the example of the Kamianska Sich National Nature Park; ● The Kakhovka tragedy – the impact on nature and subsequent events at the former bottom of the reservoir.
Ivan Moysiyenko is a professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine. Ukrainian scientist in the field of botany and nature conservation, teacher, conservationist. Head of the Department of Botany at Kherson State University. His research interests include flora, systematics and geography of higher plants, vegetation and biotopes of the South of Ukraine, protection of flora, nature conservation, urban floristics, phytoinvasions, digitalization of biodiversity data. He is the author of more than 400 scientific publications. He pays great attention to nature conservation. In particular, he took an active part in the creation of the Oleshky Sands, Dzharylgach, and Kamianska Sich National Nature Parks, among others. One of the founders and board members of the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group. Vice President of the Ukrainian Botanical Society. Honorary member of the Polish Botanical Society.
17.12.2024