Writing, Dramaturgy and Notes

The paper, published in the issue of The National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and The Institute for Cultural Research, is dedicated to the memory of the journalist Hossam Shabat, who was killed on 24 March 2025 during an airstrike on Gaza. Historical parallels with modern world leaders allow us to see wider events as if repeating in numerous mirrors. Dziga Vertov’s and Vasyl Grossman’s creative works help in appreciating the role and the impact of art on social consciousness.

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National Academy of Arts of Ukraine - International Scientific Conference

Frontal attacks on the unconscious mind usually create defence or fight postures. If our task as artists is to find ways to keep a light burning, we need the cunning of a smuggler.

Hospital and health care architecture emerge at various moments of history as elemental, rights-based, and essential. Poland has a story to tell. But not the one you might think.

By re-thinking the meaning of information, evidence, testimony and artistic practices associated with acts of resistance, artists have moved in unexpected directions.

One truth remains constant in this vertiginous epoch - one which certain journalists and artists still approach, even if with a grim, reticent horror: There is such a thing as raw power.

Artists have 'propagandised' for politics and power from the very outset of making art. But saying ‘it’s always been the case’ disguises rather than illuminates.