BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: May 4th\, 2 pm - 4 pm  Trauma: meeting with artist  Lia D ostlieva  (hybrid) We’re meeting in person in room 105\, and Lia Dostlie va will join online.  Lia Dostlieva  (born in Donetsk\, Ukraine) is a Uk rainian artist\, cultural anthropologist\, and essayist whose work explores themes of memory\, trauma\, and social vulnerability. She works across mul tiple media—including photography\, installations\, video\, and textile scu lpture—and focuses on issues such as  collective trauma\, postmemory\, deco lonial narratives\, and the visibility of marginalised groups .  Lia Dostl ieva has exhibited internationally at major institutions and participated i n the Ukrainian Pavilion at the  60th Venice Biennale . Her practice often combines artistic production with research and writing\, reflecting her aca demic background in cultural anthropology.  May 11th\, 2 pm - 4 pm   Chornobyl: meeting with  Dr Jonathon Turnbull  (hybrid) We’r e meeting in person in room 105\, and Jonathon Turnbull will join online.  Jonathon Turnbull  is a more-than-human geographer from Newcastle upon T yne with a broad interest in the geographies of nature. His research examin es how environmental knowledges are produced and contested across diverse g eographical contexts from the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine to the ru men of livestock cattle in Europe and India. We will focus on Jonathon’s up coming book\, in which he explores the ‘return of nature’ to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine\, the site of the world's worst nuclear catastrop he of 1986. This work is currently being prepared for publication as a mono graph\, provisionally titled  Radioactive Resurgence \, which explores how the Zone has come to be understood simultaneously as a post-apocalyptic was teland and a thriving nuclear nature reserve\, and how more-than-human life endures after nuclear catastrophe. June 1st\, 2 pm - 4 pm  Post-in dustrial urban ecologies: meeting with artist Karolina Uskakovych and s creening of her latest movie\, White Cliffs of Vinnytsia (2026).   W e’re meeting in person in room 105\, and Karolina Uskakovych will join onli ne.  The territory of the Vinnytsya Chemical Plant stretches along the ra ilroad tracks\, not far from the central city railway station. Founded in 1 920\, Khimprom was one of Ukraine's largest chemical enterprises and went b ankrupt in the late nineties\, leaving behind a toxic legacy – a phosphogyp sum stack known locally as the "white mountains." In her project\, Karolin a Uskakovych returns to her hometown to explore the landfill ecosystem thr ough archival work\, visual research\, collaboration with experts\, and the conceptualisation of post-industrial urban ecologies. What is the ecosyste m that forms on the phosphogypsum stack? What is its cultural and ecologica l significance? Do the "white cliffs" pose a threat of environmental pollut ion\, or have they become a haven for wildlife within the industrial zone? Can these roles coexist? We will discuss the decolonial rethinking of the u rban landscape and the creation of artistic visions for post-industrial eco systems. June 8th\, 2 pm - 4 pm  The Post-Soviet: meeting w ith artist Lada Nakonechna    (online) Online\, please contact Ewa Suł ek at  ewa.sulek@fu-berlin.de  to receive the link to the meeting. Lada Nakonechna is a contemporary Ukrainian artist whose work spans drawing\, i nstallation\, performance\, and video. Her work critically examines system s of power\, visibility\, and representation \, often focusing on how polit ical and social structures shape everyday life. Primarily\, she focuses on cultural infrastructures that enable violence. She engages with documents a nd found footage\, challenging modes of visibility by intervening in cultur ally stabilised images. In her works with historical Socialist Realist pain tings\, Nakonechna questions the future to which the landscape\, in its oft en politicised forms\, has long laid claim. A significant strand of her pra ctice addresses displaced bodies and the loss of orientation \, which is p articularly relevant in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine. Her wo rk frequently reflects absence\, erasure\, loneliness\, and the fragility o f personal and collective memory. She is a member of the R.E.P. group and a co-founder of the Method Fund. June 15th\, 2 pm - 4 pm  Home: meeting with Yuriy Biley from Open Group . In person\, room 105. O pen Group is a Ukrainian contemporary art collective founded in 2012 in Lv iv by six artists: Yuriy Biley\, Pavlo Kovach\, Anton Varga\, Stanislav Tur ina\, Roman Khimei\, and Andriy Rachynskyi (As of August 2023\, Open Group consists of three people: Yuriy Biley\, Anton Varga\, and Pavlo Kovach Jr.) . The group works collaboratively across installation\, performance\, video \, and participatory practices. Their work often explores collective autho rship\, communication\, and the construction of social space \, frequently involving audiences directly in the creation or activation of artworks. Ope n Group is particularly known for its interest in everyday interactions\, institutional critique\, and the boundaries between artist and viewer . In recent years\, their practice has increasingly addressed the impact of war \, displacement\, and shifting identities in Ukraine \, reflecting on how c ommunities are formed and reshaped under conditions of crisis. Their projec ts often engage with testimony\, shared experience\, and the role of langua ge and storytelling. Open Group has represented Ukraine at major internatio nal platforms\, including the Venice Biennale\, where their work has drawn attention for its subtle yet powerful engagement with contemporary social a nd political realities. June 22nd\, 2 pm - 4 pm  Memory: meeting wi th Mykola Ridnyi.   In person\, room 105. Mykola Rydnyi (born in K harkiv\, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist\, filmmaker\, and curator whose wor k explores the intersections of memory\, history\, and political reality . Working across video\, installation\, sculpture\, and photography\, he exa mines how personal and collective memories are shaped by ideology\, media\, and urban space. A central focus of Rydnyi’s practice is the construction and erosion of memory in post-Soviet contexts \, particularly in eastern U kraine. He often engages with archives\, testimonies\, and fragmented narra tives to reveal how histories are mediated\, forgotten\, or manipulated. Hi s works address themes such as trauma\, propaganda\, and the legacy of Sov iet and post-Soviet transformations \, as well as the ongoing impact of war on collective consciousness. Rydnyi is a co-founder of the SOSka group a nd has been closely involved with independent art initiatives in Kharkiv\, contributing to critical cultural discourse in Ukraine. His films and insta llations have been shown internationally\, including at major exhibitions s uch as the Venice Biennale\, where his work has been recognised for its nua nced engagement with memory\, image-making\, and political subjectivity.   The meetings are part of the seminar series  Displaced Perspectives: Uk rainian Art and Cultural Resilience in Times of War . 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