Item Archive: Ukraine
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PRESS: Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki by The Washington Post
Related: Artists at Risk and its AR Residencies SOURCE: The Washington Post, Will Englund and Kathy Lally, Nov. 2, 2019 PRESS TEXT: HELSINKI — Let’s call them “figurines.” That’s the name their creator, Spartak Khachanov, delicately uses. He made 400 … Continue reading
Welcome to Spartak Khachanov as first AR-Radar Sofia resident
We are happy to announce Spartak Khachanov (Kiev) as the first resident at AR-Radar Sofia, an independent art hub located in Bulgaria’s capital. Radar Sofia has joined the Artists at Risk (AR) network of AR-Safe Haven Residencies. As part of the … Continue reading
AR MOBILE talk at HAM with Spartak Khachanov

Spartak Khachanov will give an AR MOBILE Talk will on Wednesday 3 April from 5pm to 7pm in Helsinki Art Museum’s HAM Hall (2nd floor, Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 8, 00100 Helsinki, upstairs from Finnkino). The talk will be moderated by Ivor … Continue reading
AR Resident – Spartak Khachanov

Spartak Khachanov is a sculptor and contemporary artist who produces visually, politically and emotionally charged works in a variety of materials and genres. Following an exhibition of his new work at the Kiev Academy of Fine Art (NOAM) in January … Continue reading
Hospitality, creativity, solidarity: Mobile Talk by Helge Lunde director of ICORN
PM MOBILE TALK at the School of the Displaced The School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennale 2015 Lecture by Helge Lunde director of ICORN, the International Cities of Refuge Network at October 10, 19:00, Visual Culture Research Center, 44 Hlybochytska … Continue reading
The School of the Displaced at the Kyiv Biennial

As a tragic site of conflict in Europe today, one of the main emphases of The School of the Displaced at the School of Kyiv – Kyiv Biennial 2015 will be the current situation in Ukraine. Kiev in particular faces … Continue reading
Between revolution and war: art and society in contemporary Ukraine

Last year Ukraine saw protests, revolution, and a counter-revolution from abroad. This presentation focuses on the European essence of the people’s uprising called Maidan, the functioning of public institutions in the revolutionary situation, under conditions of war and occupation, as … Continue reading
Vasyl Cherepanyn: AR-Resident at Safe Haven Helsinki (Nordic Fresh Air)

Vasyl Cherepanyn (b.1988) is head of the Visual Culture Research Center and an editor of the Political Critique magazine (Ukrainian edition). He works as a senior lecturer at the Cultural Studies Department of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and holds a … Continue reading