Art / Ukraine
Safeguarding Ukraine’s cultural heritage
Design West is putting on a major event on Thursday at the Arnolfini, exploring how, during times of adversity, we can continue to engage, preserve cultural heritage and tell stories of loss, hope and regeneration.
The event will discuss the irreplaceable architectural heritage of Ukraine from the modernist to the medieval and the uncertainty of its future, while also exploring the wider impact of wars historically on places of civic pride and cultural meaning – in particular, how the destruction of architectural heritage impacts the collective and individual identity.
The event includes two speakers including Owen Hatherley, a culture and politics writer for various publications and the author of several books, including Militant Modernism, Landscapes of Communism and Red Metropolis.
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Hatherley is a commissioning editor at Jacobin, the editor of The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs and the culture editor of Tribune.
The second speaker is the British-Ukrainian writer, curator and creative consultant, Myroslava Hartmond. Having graduated from the University of Oxford in 2014, she ran the Triptych gallery in Kyiv for six years.
After two years in lockdown, ten days of war and five days on the road, she returned to Oxford again. Myroslava brought the first HR Giger retrospective to Ukraine in 2010. She has written on soft power, Soviet heritage, and various cultural topics.
‘Architecture & War: Loss, Heritage & Hope’ takes place on Thursday from 6.30pm to 8pm at Arnolfini.
Ticket sales include a £5 donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
For tickets and more information, visit www.designwest.org.uk/whats-on/architecture-and-war
Main photo: Rbrechko / Wikimedia Commons
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