Cultural Resistance in Ukraine

A special discussion and lunch reception to explore Ukrainian art and cultural resistance.

Program: 12.00 Doors Open 12.15 Opening and welcome by Farah Nayeri 12.25 – 13.10 Rebuilding Through Culture: Capacity Sharing for Ukraine’s Present & Future Moderated by Bart De Baere (Director, M HKA Antwerp) Hedwig Fijen (Founder and Director, Manifesta), Kateryna Snizhko (Programme Co-ordinator, Manifesta 17 Ukraine), Dr. Harald Binder (Founder, Foundation for the Promotion of Culture, Science and Education in Ukraine), and Maria Isserlis (Curator, Staatliche Kunstammlungen Dresden).

Short Break with drinks 13.20 – 14.05 Culture under Siege Moderated by Farah Nayeri (Journalist and Author) Zhanna Kadyrova (artist), Nikita Kadan (artist), Yarema Malashchuk (artist), Iryna Miroshnykova (architect)

14.05 – 15.00 Lunch Kyiv Air: Electronic music by Volodymyr Gnatenko and Alian Core, programmed by artist Zhanna Kadyrova, and a special contribution from Ivan Frolov. Organised by RIBBON and Museums for Ukraine