NUrope XIII "Ukraine - Interrupted Histories Continue"

in

Kiev and Lviv
October 3rd - 6th, 2011


Hosted by:
Perfect Art Institution

with partners:
National Les Kurbas Theatre Center,
French Institute Ukraine,
Lviv Business School
and Art Collective 'Sampled Pictures'

"NUrope XIII 'Ukraine: Interrupted Histories Continue' aims to introduce contemporary Ukraine, especially to Western participants. The voice will be given to the thinkers, writers, philosophers and artists – to tell the history of Ukraine and its complex interpretations in the present.

Although Ukraine is still affected by a heavy and oppressive practice in the arts, its vivid cultural tradition has no counterpart in Western Europe. We invite you to have a look at both classical and modern Ukrainian arts; walk the route of 'The Man with a Movie Camera', visit the house of Mikhail Bulgakov and discover the footsteps of his novels' characters; in short, to get to know the secrets of Kiev and its prominent citizens.

One can't talk about cinema or theater without watching it. The programme comprises important films and modern video-works, a visit at the National Opera House as well as smaller contemporary theatres. The local art scene – which lacks comprehensive national cultural policy, and where collecting art is a recent vogue among oligarchs – will be introduced by Ukrainian artists.

"No time should be wasted", as the Ukrainian saying goes, and so we encourage you to dive into the waters of Kiev's night life; a stage for alternative music and underground culture. After a few days in Kiev we go to the western part of Ukraine – its cultural heart: Lviv.

We are sure that you will see much more for yourself and beyond our program, since there is always space for a pleasant surprise or another delicious pastry... but even better – if you have the time to spare – would be to arrive some days in advance, to explore the city at your own pace.
You may even think to proceed further on your own: east (Kharkiv, Donetsk), or take the symbolic route south by the Dnipro River, which links Kiev to the Black Sea (Odessa and Crimea).

We hope that our Kiev Oasis will be enriching for both the guests and the hosts, and that the dialogues begun will continue afterwards and hopefully move on to practice."

 Curator Yulia Usova (Perfect Art Institution)

Programme

 

MONDAY 3 OCTOBER: HISTORY AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS
09:30	Breakfast at Khreschatyk – main street of Kiev
10:30	Registration and mingle	Les Kurbas Centre
11:00	Introduction by Curator Yulia Usova, Perfect Art Institution (Kiev - Stockholm)
11:15	Free Innovation Academy of Theatre Presentation of Les Kurbas Centre by Vice Director of Les Kurbas Centre Olexander Chaika and Professor Doctor Hanna Veselovska
12:00	'Art Borsch' Lunch	Restaurant 'Le Borsch'
14:00	Meeting with Vasyl Cherepanyn, Head of VCRC, Oleksiy Radynski, Editor of Political Critique Magazine (Ukrainian edition) and Yevgenia Belorusets, Artist and Editor of Prostory	Visual Culture Research Center
15:30	A Visit to the Bulgakov House + Nomadic Talks on Bulgakov's Verandah
17:00	"Ukrainian Patterns of Contemporary Behaviour" Lecture by Writer and Social Psychologist Oleh Pokalchuk
18:30	Lecture by Conseillère de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle Anne Durufle (French Institute of Ukraine)
19:30	Dinner	tba
TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER: CONTEMPORARY VS. CLASSICAL
09:00	Morning Reflection	tba
09:30	the Ukrainian Art Scene Presentation by Kateryna Botanova, Director of Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art (Kiev) and chief editor of critical journal KORYDOR; Presentation by Yevgenia Belorusets Open discussion	Foundation CCA
11:00	Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine
13:30	Lunch
13:30	Walking and Talking in Kiev Arsenal, History Museum/Ukrainian House and more...
18:30	Contemporary Ukrainian Theatre: "Variations for Shakuhachi, TV and Voice" Presentation of Multimedia Performance, based on the novel "I'm Milena" Discussion led by the tutor of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Roman Veretelnyk, PhD with Author of the novel Oksana Zabuzhko	Les Kurbas Center
20:00	Dinner
22:00	Night Club
WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER: FOLLOWING 'THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA'
09:30	Morning Reflection Coffee included	National Cinema House
10:00	"Ukrainian classic" Film and Lecture by Sergiy Trymbach, Head of the Filmmakers' Union of Ukraine	National Cinema House
12:00	Lunch
13:30	"Kiev: prominent and mythical" guided tour by Writer and Scenarist Stanislav Tsalik	tba
19:00	Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema- Screening Session	Babuin
21:56	Depart for Lviv with the Night Train
THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER: LVIV
07:30	Moving Morning Laboratory and Breakfast	Night Train
08:00	Arrival in Lviv
09:00	Walking and Talking in Lviv
10:00	Dzyga Art Center	Dzyga Art Center
12:00	Different approaches and good examples of effective synergies on the edge of culture - civil society - entrepreneurship Discussion moderated by Director Ihor Savchak, Centre for Cultural Management (Lviv)	Centre for Cultural Management
13:30	Lunch
14:00	Visit to the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe
16:00	Lviv Opera and Museum of Solomiya Krushelnytska	Lviv Opera House
18:00	A Visit to Lviv Business School Lecture by Professor Pierre Guillet de Monthoux (Copenhagen Business School)	Lviv Business School
20:00	Farewell Dinner and Au Revoir - Departure for Kiev and Europe	Lviv Business School